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No.  1309 


CATALOGUE  OF 


RARE  AMERICANA 


FROM  THE  UBRARY  OF 


MR.  HENRY   E.  HUNTINGTON    1:^60 

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OF  NEW  YORK 


TO  BE  SOLD 

TUESDAY   AFTERNOON   AND   EVENING 
DECEMBER    11,  1917 

AT  2:30  AND  8:15  o'clock 
On  Puhlic  Exhibition  from  December  Srd 

THE  ANDERSON  GALLERIES 

PARK  AVENUE  AND  FIFTY-NINTH  STREET 

NEW  YORK 


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,    (4  C|  CONDITIONS  OF  SALE 

1.  All  bids  to  be  per  Lot  as  numbered  in  the  Catalogue. 

2.  The  highest  bidder  to  be  the  buyer;  in  all  cases  of  disputed  bids  the 
lot  shall  be  resold,  but  the  Auctioneer  will  use  his  judgment  as  to  the 
good  faith  of  all  claims  and  his  decision  ^all  be  final. 

3.  Buyers  to  give  their  names  and  addresses  and  to  make  such  cash 
payments  on  account  as  may  be  required,  in  default  of  which  the  lots 
purchased  to  be  immediately  resold. 

4.  Goods  bought  to  be  removed  at  the  close  of  each  sale.  If  not  so 
removed  they  will  be  at  the  sole  risk  of  the  purchaser,  and  subject  to 
storage  charges,  and  The  Anderson  Galleries,  Incorporated,  wiU  not  be 
responsible  if  such  goods  are  lost,  stolen,  damaged  or  destroyed. 

5.  Terms  Cash.  If  accounts  are  not  paid  at  the  conclusion  of  each 
sale,  or,  in  the  ease  of  absent  buyers,  when  bills  are  rendered,  this 
Company  reserves  the  right  to  recatalogue  the  goods  for  immediate 
sale  without  notice  to  the  defaulting  buyer,  and  all  costs  of  such  resale 
will  be  charged  to  the  defaulter.  This  condition  is  without  prejudice 
to  the  rights  of  the  Company  to  enforce  the  sale  contract  and  collect 
the  amount  due  without  such  resale  at  its  own  option.  Unsettled  ac- 
counts are  subject  to  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent,  per  annum. 

6.  All  books  are  sold  as  catalogued,  and  are  assumed  to  be  in  good 
second-hand  condition.  If  material  defects  are  found,  not  mentioned 
in  the  catalogue,  the  lot  may  be  returned.  Notice  of  such  defects 
must  be  given  promptly  and  the  goods  returned  v^ithin  ten  days 
from  the  date  of  the  sale.  No  exceptions  will  be  made  to  this  rule. 
Magazines  and  other  periodicals,  and  all  miscellaneous  books  arranged 
in  parcels,  are  sold  as  they  are  without  recourse. 

7.  Autograph  Letters,  Documents,  Manuscripts  and  Bindings  are  sold 
as  they  are  without  recourse.  The  utmost  care  is  taken  to  authen- 
ticate and  correctly  describe  items  of  this  character,  but  this  Company 
will  not  be  responsible  for  errors,  omissions,  or  defects  of  any  kind. 

8.  Bids.  We  make  no  charge  for  executing  orders  for  our  customers 
and  use  all  bids  competitively,  buying  at  the  lowest  price  permitted  by 
other  bids. 

Priced  Copy  of  this  Catalogue  may  ie  secured  for  $2.00 

THE   ANDERSON   GALLERIES 

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Sales  Conducted  by  Mr.  Frederick  A.  Chapman. 


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PREFACE 

THE  volumes  comprising  the  second  collection  of  Americana 
from  the  Library  of  Mr.  Henry  E.  Huntington  to  be  of- 
fered at  public  auction  will  afford  collectors  an  opportunity 
to  secure  many  great  rarities.  In  numerous  instances  the 
other  known  copies  are  to  be  found  only  in  public  libraries 
and  museums. 

Among  the  many  books  to  which  attention  might  well  be 
directed  the  following  few  deserve  particular  mention:  Ves- 
pucci's Nouo  Mondo,  1507 — first  issue  of  the  first  edition; 
Enciso's  Suma  de  Geografica,  1519 — the  first  Spanish  work 
relating  to  America;  The  Las  Casas  Tracts,  1552;  Alfonce's 
Les  Voyages,  1559;  Frobisher's  A  True  Reporte,  1577 — first 
issue  of  the  first  edition;  Brereton's  A  Brief e  and  true  Re- 
lation of  the  Discoverie  of  the  North  Part  of  Virginia,  1602; 
Champlain's  Savages,  1603 — the  Church  copy;  Rosier 's  True 
Relation,  1605 — printed  in  Black  Letter;  Robert  Johnson's 
Nova  Britannia,  1609,  and  his  New  Life  of  Virginia,  1612 ;  A 
True  and  Sincere  Declaration  of  the  Purpose  and  Ends  of  the 
Plantation  begun  in  Virginia,  1610 — one  of  but  four  known 
copies;  Hamor's  Present  State  of  Virginia,  1615;  Captain 
John  Smith's  New  England,  1616 — the  excessively  rare  first 
edition — and  his  Sea  Grammar,  1627;  Winslow's  Good  Nevves 
from  New  England,  1624;  Wood's  New  Englands  Prospect, 
1634 — Underhill's  News  from  America,  1638 — containing  the 
folding  map  known  to  be  in  but  one  or  two  other  copies; 
Carolina  Described,  1648;  Van  der  Donck's  Verloogh  van 
Niev-Neder-Land,  1650 — perhaps  the  most  important  contem- 
poraneous history  of  New  Netherlands;  Edward  Johnson's 
History  of  New  England,  1654;  Gorges'  America  Painted  to 


the  Life  (1658) -59;  Kort  Yerhael  van  Nieuw  Nederlants, 
1662;  Hilton's  Florida,  1664;  Alsop's  A  Character  of  the 
Province  of  Maryland,  1666 ;  Norton 's  New  England  Memori- 
all,  1669;  Denton's  A  Brief e  Description  of  New  York, 
1670 — the  first  English  work  relating  exclusively  to  New 
York;  Budd's  Good  Order  Established,  1685— the  first  book 
printed  in  Pennsylvania;  Cotton  Mather's  Wonders  of  the 
Invisible  World,  1693 — the  rarest  of  all  Mather's  books. 

Notice  should  also  be  drawn  to  the  Jesuit  Relation,  1634- 
73 — ^thirty-four  reports  of  the  activities  of  the  Jesuits  in  the 
St.  Lawrence  Valley  and  the  Great  Lakes,  containing  a  great 
deal  of  valuable  information  concerning  the  founding  and 
early  history  of  Canada  and  observations  about  Indian  lan- 
guages, customs  and  superstitions. 


RARE  AMERICANA 

CONSIGNED    BY 

MR.  HENRY  E.  HUNTINGTON 

OF   NEW   YORK 

FIRST  SESSION 
Tuesday  Afternoon,  December  II,  1917.  at  2:30  o'clock 

LOTS  1-171 

1.  ACOSTA  (JOSEPH).  The  Naturall  and  Morall  His- 
torie  of  the  East  and  West  Indies.  Intreating  of  the  re- 
markeable  things  of  Heaven,  of  the  Elements,  Mettalls,  Plants 
and  Beasts  which  are  proper  to  that  Country ;  Together  with 
the  Manners,  Ceremonies,  Lawes,  Governments,  and  Warres 
of  the  Indians.  Written  in  Spanish  by  Joseph  Acosta,  and 
translated  into  English  by  E.  G.  Small  4to,  full  crimson 
levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

London:  Printed  by  Val.  Sims  for  Edward  Blount  and 
William  Aspley,  1604 

The  very  rare  First  English  Edition.  A  most  important 
work,  the  best  evidence  being  that  it  has  been  translated  into 
almost  every  language  in  Europe.  Sabin  enumerates  22  edi- 
tions. The  work  is  replete  with  details  of  the  aborigines,  before 
their  peculiar  customs  had  been  modified  by  contact  with  the 
whites.  Although  Acosta  was  one  of  the  earliest,  yet  he  was 
one  of  the  most  curious  and  accurate  observers  of  the  customs 
and  peculiarities  of  the  Aborigines.  The  Halsey  copy.  A2-A4; 
a-b3  in  fours;  B-Pp8  in  eights. 

2.  ACRELIUS  (ISRAEL).  Beskrifning  om  de  Swensk  a 
Forsamlingars  Forna  och  Narwarande  Tilstand,  uti  Det  sa 
Kallade  Nya  Swerige,  sedam  Nya  Nederland,  Men  un  for 
tiden  Pensylvanien  samt  nastliggande  Orter  wid  Alfwen  De 
la  Ware,  Wast-Yersey  och  New- Castle  County  uti  Norra 
America.     4to,  original  boards,  sheep  back. 

Stockholm :  Tryckt  hos  Harberg  &  Hesselberg,  1759 
A  most  important  work  for  the  history  of  the  Swedish  Settle- 
ments on  the  Delaware.  Contains  a  description  of  the  Swedish 
Congregations  in  the  so-called  New  Sweden,  and  parts  on  the 
Delaware,  West  Jersey  and  Newcastle  County  in  North  Amer- 
ica, etc.  This  copy  bears  the  autographs  of  Bernhard  and 
Theodore  Dahlgren  on  title.  The  George  Bancroft-Edw.  N. 
Crane  copy,  with  bookplates.    Bare. 


3.  ACUGNA  (CHRISTOPHER  D').  Voyages  and  Dis- 
coveries in  South  America.  The  First  up  the  River  Amazons 
to  Quito  in  Peru,  and  back  again  to  Brazil.  The  Second  up 
the  River  of  Plata.  The  Third  from  Cayanne  into  Guiana,  in 
search  of  the  Lake  of  Parima.    2  fine  folding  maps.    8vo,  con- 

^"5^     temporary  calf,  rebacked. 

London:  Printed  for  S.  Buckley,  1698 

Narrative  of  the  First  Explorations  along  the  River  Amazon. 
Contains  a  fixie  description  of  the  Indian  tribes  of  Arragones 
and  Nouragones.    Rare. 

4.  ADAMS  (ZABDIEL).  The  evil  designs  of  men  made 
subservient  by  God  to  the  public  good,  particularly  illustrated 
in  the  rise,  progress  and  conclusion  of  the  American  War.  A 
Sermon  preached  at  Lexington,  on  the  nineteenth  of  April, 
1783;  Being  the  Anniversary  of  the  Commencement  of  the 
War  between  Britain  and  America,  which  broke  out  in  that 
Town  on  the  19th  of  April,  1775.  4-to,  half  crimson  levant 
morocco,  uncut, 

•T^  Boston:  Printed  by  Benjamin  Edes  &  Sons,  1783 

Very  rare.  This  sermon,  the  last  of  the  anniversary  series, 
is  almost  entirely  historical,  both  in  the  text  and  in  the  long 
footnotes  which  aje  printed  in  small  type.  A  note  on  page 
7  gives  the  names  of  the  preachers  of  the  preceding  sermons. 
The  present  copy  contains  the  half-title  and  has  very 
WIDE  uncut  margins.  J.  Chandler's  inscription  and  signature 
on  title. 

5.  AFRICAN  COLONIZATION.  Report  of  the  Naval 
Committee  to  the  House  of  Representatives,  August  1850,  [on] 
Mail  Steamships  to  the  Western  Coast  of  Africa,  to  promote 
the  Emigration  of  Free  Persons  of  Color  from  United  States 
to  Liberia,  &c.  With  Appendix  by  American  Colonization 
Society.     79  pp.  8vo,  sewed.  Washington,  1850 

6.  ALFONCE  (JEAN).  Les  Voyages  auantureux  dv 
Capitaine  Ian  Alfonce,  Sainctongeois.  Small  4to,  full  crimson 
crushed  levant  morocco,  Jansen  style,  inside  dentelle  borders, 
gilt  over  marbled  edges,  by  Trautz-Bauzonnet. 

A  Poitiers,  au  Pelican,  par  Ian  de  Marnef  [1559] 
The  Extremely  Rare  First  Issue  of  the  First  Edition,  agree- 
ing with  the  Church  catalogue  collation  (Lot.  No.  111).  This 
work  was  edited  by  the  celebrated  poet  Mellin  de  Saint  Gelais 
after  the  author's  death,  as  indicated  on  the  verso  of  the  title. 
Graesse  thinks  the  present  issue  must  have  been  issued  in  1558. 
A  work  which  is  doubly  interesting  as  an  early  work  of  sailing 
directions  for  all  parts  of  the  world,  and  in  particular  for  the 
coasts  of  North  America,  as  well  as  by  reason  of  its  relating 
to  Canada.  It  gives  an  account  of  the  travels  of  Jean  Alfonce, 
f     '  who  accompanied  Eoberval  as  chief  pilot  in  the  expedition  to 

/•^  New  France,  which  left  Rochelle  April  16,  1542.     The  descrip- 

tions of  the  coasts  of  Labrador,  Newfoundland  and  the  Gulf 
of  St.  Lawrence  offer  a  curious  conjunction  of  knowledge  per- 
sonally acquired,  and  information   derived  on   one   hand  from 
Cartier,  on  the  other  from  Portuguese  and  Spanish  sources. 
The  Church  copy. 

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7.  ALLEN  (ETHAN).  Reason  the  only  Oracle  of  Man, 
or  a  Compendious  System  of  Natural  Religion.  8vo,  original 
sheep.  Bennington :  Printed  by  Haswell  &  Russell,  1784 

The  very  rare  First  Edition  of  the  first  work  published 
IN  America  in  direct  opposition  to  the  Christian  Religion. 
Trumbull  says:  ''Nearly  all  the  copies  were  burned  (as  they 
richly  deserved  to  be)  by  the  conscience-stricken  publisher. " 

The  Halsey  copy.    A-Z4  in  fours;  Bb-L113  in  fours. 

8.  ALSOP  (GEORGE).  A  Character  of  the  Province  of 
Mary-Land,  Wherein  is  Described  in  four  distinct  Parts  (Viz.) 

I.  The  Scituation,  and  Plenty  of  the  Province. 
II.  The  Laws,    Customs,   and  Natural   Demeanor   of  the 
Inhabitants. 
III.  The  worst  and  best  Usage  of  a  Mary-Land  Servant, 
opened  in  view. 
V.  The  Traffique  and  Vendable  Commodeties  of  the  Coun- 
trey. 

Also,  A  Small  Treatise  on  the  wild  and  naked  Indians  (or 
Susquehanokes)  of  Mary-Land,  their  Customs,  Manners,  Ab- 
surdities, &  Religion.  Small  8vo,  dark  green  levant  morocco, 
gilt  edges,  by  Lortic. 

London :  Printed  by  T.  J.  for  Peter  Dring,  1666 
The  genuine  original  edition  of  one  of  the  rarest  and 

MOST   interesting  BOOKS   RELATING  TO  THE   MARYLAND  COLONY. 

The  present  copy  contains  the  genuine  map,  with  the 
legend  "A  Land-sMp  of  the  Province  of  Mary  Land  Or  the 
Lord  Baltimors  Plantation  neere  Virginia  by  Geo:  Alsop 
Gent:",  as  well  as  the  excessively  rare  original  portrait, 
two  lines  of  the  eulogy  beneath  are  original  as  issued,  the 
remainder  being  in  facsimile.  The  map  has  been  backed  with 
silk. 

A  very  desirable  copy.  From  the  Crane  collection.  A-16 
in  eights. 


9.  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  A  Prospect  of  the  Con- 
sequences of  the  Present  Conduct  of  Great  Britain  towards 
America.    8vo,  half  blue  morocco. 

London:  Printed  for  J.  Almon,  1776 

A  scarce  Kevolutionary  pamphlet  rarely  offered  for  sale,  in 
which  the  author  reasons  impartially  and  justly  on  the  civil 
rights  of  the  Americans. 


10.  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  Candid  Retrospect 
(The)  ;  or  the  American  War  examined  by  Whig  Principles. 
Small  8vo,  half  sheep. 

Charlestown  Printed: — New  York  re-printed  [by  James 
Rivington],  1780 

The  Brinley  copy. 

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11.  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  [Sprengel  (C.  M., 
editor).]  Historish-genealogischer  Calendar  oder  Jahrbuch 
der  merkwiirdigsten  neuer  Welt-Begebenheiten  fiir  1784. 
With  17  plates  and  1  Map.    16nio,  original  boards,  gilt  edges. 

Leipzig :  Zur  Messe,  bey  Hande  und  Spener  von  Berlin,  1784 
Very   scarce.   Illustrated   with   a   colored    map    of   America. 
Seventeen  very  rare  little  engravings  by  Berger  after  Chodo- 
sT^,^  wiecki   representing   the    Burning   of    the    Stamped    Paper   in 

Boston  in  1764,  destruction  of  Tea  in  Boston  Harbor,  Sur- 
render of  Burgoyne,  Capture  of  Major  Andre,  Landing  of  the 
French  in  Rhode  Island,  Bunker  Hill,  Congress  declaring  the 
Independence  of  the  13  States,  etc.;  also  3  colored  plates 
representing  the  Flags  of  the  13  United-States  and  Costumes 
of  American  Soldiers.    The  E.  D.  Church  copy. 

12.  ANDRE  (JOHN).  Cow-Chace,  in  Three  Cantos,  Pub- 
lished on  Occasion  of  the  Rebel  General  Wayne's  Attack  of 
the  Refugees  Block-House  On  Hudson 's  River,  On  Friday  the 
21st  of  July,  1780.  First  Edition.  Small  8vo,  brown 
polished  calf,  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  W.  Pratt. 

New  York:  Printed  by  James  Rivington,  1780 
A  fine  copy  of  an  extreme  rarity.    No  copy  of  the  Original 
Edition  has  been  sold  at  auction  since  the  McKee  sale.     This 
is  the  Henry  Stevens  and  McKee  copy,  with  both  bookplates. 

13.  [ANDRE  (JOHN).]  Proceedings  of  a  Board  of  Gen- 
eral Officers,  held  by  Order  of  His  Excellency  Gen.  Washing- 
ton ....  respecting  Major  John  Andre.  September  29,  1780. 
8vo,  full  crimson  levant  morocco. 

Philadelphia:  Printed  by  Francis  Bailey,  1780 
The  very  rare  First  Edition.    Autograph  of  Uzal  Ogden 
on  second  leaf. 


14.  ANGHIERA    (PETER  MARTYR  D').     Extraict  ou 
Recueil   des    Isles   nouuellemet   trouuees    en    la    grand   mer 
Oceane  ou  temps  du  Roy  Despaigne  Fernad  et  Elizabeth  sa 
femme,  faict  premierement  en  latin  par  Pierre  Martyr  de 
Millan,  et  depuis  translate  en  languaige  francoys.    Item  trois 
Narrations.  .  .  .  4to,  full  blue  levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt  edges. 
Imprime  a  Paris  par  Simones  de  Colines  .  .  .,  [1532] 
This  rare  book,  which  may  be  called  the  First  French  Col- 
lection of  Voyages,  has  not  been  very  correctly  described  by 
-»  Harrisse  (B.  A.  V.,  no.  167).    The  Extraict,  which  is  a  French 

y)  VO" —  abridgment  of  Peter  Martyr's  first  three  Decades  made  before 

the  publication  of  the  entire  eight  in  1530,  is  dedicated  to 
Charles  Due  d'Angouleme;  but  the  second  part  containing  the 
Narrations  are  here  dedicated  to  Margaret  of  France,  and  not 
to  Margaret  of  Austria.  The  first  Narration  is  an  abridgment 
of  the  fourth  Decade  printed  at  Basel  in  1521;  the  second  and 
third  are  drawn  from  the  second  and  third  Cortes  letters, 
printed  in  Latin  at  Nurnberg  in  1524.  Consequently  the 
Extraict  must  be  held  to  take  precedence  orer  Grynaeus,  as  the 
Novus  Orhis  did  not  begin  to  embody  Cortes'  letters  till  1555. 
Clean  and  large  copy  from  the  Yemeniz  Library.  The  Hoe 
copy. 

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15.  ARCHDALE  (JOHN).  A  New  Description  of  thai 
Fertile  and  Pleasant  Province  of  Carolina:  with  a  Brief  Ac- 
count of  its  Discovery,  Settling,  and  the  Government  Thereof 
to  this  Time.  With  several  Remarkable  Passages  of  Divine 
Providence  during  my  Time.  Small  4to,  full  mottled  calf, 
gilt,  rough  edges,  by  Riviere  (lacks  half-title). 

''^  London:  Printed  for  John  Wyat,  1707 

First  Edition.  The  author  was  Governor  of  Carolina  and 
it  was  he  who  introduced  the  cultivation  of  rice.  Under  his 
administration  the  colony  enjoyed  great  prosperity,  while  his 
tact  and  considerateness  established  very  close  relations 
between  the  Indians  and  the  settlers.  This  volume  has  been 
described  as  * '  replete  with  good  sense,  benevolence,  and  piety. ' ' 

16.  [ASH  (THOMAS).]  Carolina;  or  a  Description  Of 
the  Present  State  of  that  Country,  and  the  Natural  Excellen- 
cies thereof,  viz.  The  Healthfulness  of  the  Air,  Pleasantness  of 
the  Place,  &c.  Published  by  T.  A.  Gent.  Small  4to,  full  red 
levant  morocco,  gilt  tooled  on  back,  panel  edges,  and  inside 

"-^      borders,  gilt  edges,  by  Trautz-Bauzonnet. 

London:  Printed  for  W.  C,  1682 
First  Edition.  The  first  account  of  the  settlers  at  Port 
Royal,  before  they  moved  to  the  west  bank  of  the  Ashley  River 
in  Carolina.  The  author  was  clerk  on  H.  M.  S.  Richmond  and 
visited  the  settlement  during  1680-82,  published  his  book  on 
his  return  to  England.  He  gives  much  interesting  informa- 
tion upon  the  country  and  its  products,  mentioning  the  ' '  strong 
and  heady''  beer  made  from  Indian  corn. 

17.  ATKINS  (JOHN).  A  Voyage  to  Guinea,  Brasil,  and 
the  West-Indies ;  In  His  Majesty's  Ships,  the  Swallow  and 
Weymouth.  Describing  the  several  Islands  and  Settlements, 
viz — Madeira,  the  Canaries,  Cape  de  Verd,  Sierraleon,  etc. 
The  Colour,  Diet,  Languages,  Habits,  Manners,  Customs,  and 

^        Religions  of  the  respective  Natives,  and  Inhabitants.     First 
Edition.    8vo,  old  calf  (name  on  title). 

London:  Printed  for  Caesar  Ward  and  Richard  Chandler, 
1735 

Rare. 

18.  AUSTIN  (DAVID,  Editor).  The  Millennium;  or.  The 
Thousand  Years  of  Prosperity,  promised  to  the  Church  of 
God,  &c.    426  pp.  8vo,  original  sheep. 

^  Elizabeth  Town:  Shepard  KoUock,  1794 

Consists  of  contributions  by  Jonathan  Edwards,  Joseph  Bel- 
lamy of  Bethlehem,  and  David  Austin.  Robert  B.  Campfield's 
copy,  with  signature  and  book  label. 

19.  AVERY  (DAVID).  The  Lord  is  to  be  Praised  for  the 
Triumphs  of  his  Power.  A  Sermon  preached  at  Greenwich, 
in  Connecticut,  On  the  18th  of  December  1777.    Being  A  gen- 


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eral  Thanksgiving  through  the  United  American  States,   Small 
4to,  loose  in  board  covers. 

Norwich:  Printed  by  Green  and  Spooner,  1778 

Very  rare  historical  sermon,  including  a  valuable  and 
spirited  sketch  of  the  progress  of  the  American  Eevolution. 
The  author  was  Chaplain  to  Col.  Sherburne's  Regiment,  the 
introductory  note  To  the  Public  being  dated  ''Oamp  at  Fish 
Kill,  2d  March  1778.'^  But  one  or  two  copies  of  this  sermon 
appear  to  have  been  offered  for  sale  in  many  years.  The 
printers  of  this  were  the  first  to  establish  a  press  at  Norwich. 


20.  BARR  (CAPT.  JAMES).  A  Correct  and  Authentic 
Narrative  of  the  Indian  War  in  Florida,  with  a  Description 
of  Maj.  Dade's  Massacre,  and  an  Account  of  the  Extreme 
Suffering,  for  want  of  Provisions,  of  the  Army — having  been 
obliged  to  eat  Horses'  and  Dogs'  Flesh,  &c.,  &c.  16mo,  full 
polished  calf,  gilt-tooled  back  and  inside  borders,  rough  edges, 
by  Riviere.  New  York :  J.  Narine,  1836 

Scarce.    Contains  the  full  32  pages.    The  E.  D.  Church  copy. 


21.  BARTRAM  (JOHN).  Observations  on  the  Inhabitants, 
Climate,  Soil,  Rivers,  Productions,  Animals,  and  other  Matters 
worthy  of  Notice.  Made  by  Mr.  John  Bartram,  in  his  Travels 
from  Pennsylvania  to  Onondaga,  Oswego  and  the  Lake  On- 
tario, in  Canada.  To  which  is  annex 'd  a  Curious  Account  of 
the  Cataracts  at  Niagara.  By  Peter  Kalm.  Folding  frontis- 
piece chart.  8vo,  full  green  levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt  edges, 
by  Riviere. 

London:  Printed  for  J.  Whiston  and  B.  White,  1751 

Fine  copy  of  the  First  Edition.  Field  says :  '  *  This  visit 
of  the  father  of  the  naturalist,  William  Bartram,  to  the  Cen- 
tral Council  Fire  of  the  Six  Nations,  is  especially  interesting, 
not  only  as  having  been  made  at  so  early  a  period,  but  for 
affording  us  in  this  work  a  plan  and  view  of  the  Long-House, 
peculiar  to  the  tribes  of  that  Confederacy. ' ' 


22.  [BEVERLEY  (ROBERT).]  The  History  and  Pres- 
ent State  of  Virginia,  In  Four  Parts.  I.  The  History  of  the 
First  Settlement  of  Virginia,  and  the  Government  thereof,  to 
the  Present  Time.  II.  The  Natural  Productions  and  Con- 
veniences of  the  Country^,  suited  to  Trade  and  Improvement. 
III.  The  Native  Indians,  their  Religion,  Laws,  and  Customs, 
in  War  and  Peace.  IV.  The  Present  State  of  the  Country, 
&c.  By  a  Native  and  Inhabitant  of  the  Place.  Frontispiece, 
14  fine  copper-plates  by  Grihelin;  and  folding  table.  8vo, 
original  calf,  gilt  lettered.  London,  1705 

Original  Edition.  Scarce.  Fine  copy.  Beverley  is  con- 
sidered the  best  and  the  most  readable  authority  upon  Virginia 
in  his  period. 

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23.  BIBLIOPHILE  SOCIETY.  Letters  of  John  Paul 
Jones  printed  from  the  unpublished  originals  in  Mr.  W.  K. 
Bixby's  Collection.  With  Remarks  by  Horace  Porter  and 
F.  B.  Sanborn.  Portrait  and  facsimiles.  8vo,  half  vellum, 
uncut  and  largely  unopened.  Boston,  1905 

Limited  Issue  on  Japan  paper.    The  H.  W.  Poor  copy,  with 
book  label. 


24.  BICKHAM  (GEORGE).  The  British  Monarchy:  Or, 
a  New  Chorographical  Description  Of  all  the  Dominions  Sub- 
ject to  the  King  of  Great  Britain.  Comprehending  The 
British  Isles,  The  American  Colonies,  The  Electoral  States, 
The  African  and  Indian  Settlements.  Text,  maps,  head-  and 
tailpieces,  &c.,  engraved  on  188  copper-plates.  Folio,  original 
calf.  London,  1743-47 

First  Edition.  Apparently  very  little  known,  as  no  copy 
is  recorded  as  having  been  sold  at  any  American  auction. 
Lowndes  and  the  National  Dictionary  of  Biography  give  the 
date  of  issue  as  1748  and  that  later  edition  has  frequent 
records  in  Book  Prices.  The  third  part  (1747)  embraces  the 
American  Colonies,  giving  short  historical  and  geographical 
descriptions,  with  interesting  vignettes  of  Indians,  settlers, 
views,  &c. 


25.  BIORCK  (TOBIAS  ERIC).  Dissertatio  Gradualis  de 
Plantatione  Ecclesiae  Suecanse  in  America,  quam  .  ."  .  .  d.  14 
Jun.  An.  MDCCXXXI.  Map.  Small  4to,  full  brown  crushed 
levant  morocco,  inside  dentelle  borders,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere. 

Upsalias:  Literis  Wernerianis,  1731 

Very  fine  copy  of  this  extremely  rare  work,  with  wide 
margins.  The  map,  which  is  seldom  found  with  the  book  and 
is  extremely  rare,  is  here  in  brilliant  impression.  It  shows 
Staten  Island,  New  York  and  parts  of  Long  Island,  New 
Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  etc.  The  book  is  the  first  work  written 
by  a  native  of  America  and  published  in  Sweden.  He  gives 
the  history  of  the  establishment  of  the  church  in  '  *  New 
Sweden"  and  notices  of  the  early  pastors  and  an  interesting 
account  of  the  country  and  the  Indian  inhabitants.  The 
dedication  by  the  author  is  in  English  verse.  There  is  a  com- 
mendatory epistle,  also  in  English,  by  Andrew  Hessell. 


26.  BISHOP  (GEORGE).  New  England  Judged,  by  the 
Spirit  of  the  Lord.  In  Two  Parts.  First,  Containing  a 
Brief  Relation  of  the  Sufferings  of  the  People  call'd  Quakers 
in  New-England,  from  the  Time  of  their  first  Arrival  there, 

in  the  Year  1656,  to  the  Year  1660 Second  Part,  Being  a 

farther  Relation  of  the  Cruel  and  Bloody  Sufferings  of  the 
People  call'd  Quakers  in  New-England,  Continued  from  anno 

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1660,  to  anno  1665,  Etc.  .  .  .  With  an  Appendix,  .  .  .  Also,  An 
Answer  to  Cotton  Mather's  Abuses  of  the  said  People,  in  his 
late  History  of  New-England,  Printed  anno,  1702.  8vo,  full 
polished  calf,  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  Pratt. 

London :  Printed  and  Sold  by  T.  Sowle,  1703 

Much  new  matter  appears  for  the  first  time  in  this  edition. 
Contains  also  Whiting's  "Truth  and  Innocency  Defended." 
The  Stevens-Crane  copy,  with  both  bookplates. 


27.  BLEECKER  (ANN  ELIZA).  Posthumous  Works  in 
Prose  and  Verse.  To  which  is  added,  A  Collection  of  Essays, 
Prose  and  Poetical,  by  Margaretta  V.  Faugeres.  Portrait 
engraved  hy  Tiehout.  Small  8vo,  full  green  levant  morocco, 
gilt-tooled  back,  panel  edges,  and  inside  borders,  gilt  edges, 
by  Bedford.  New  York:  T.  &  J.  Swords,  1793 

FiBST  Edition.  The  volume  has  always  been  very  scarce. 
W.  L.  Stone,  in  his  Life  of  Brant,  tells  of  his  unsuccessful 
search  for  a  copy.  This,  the  E.  D.  Church  copy,  is  in  very  fine 
condition,  with  good  margins. 


28.  BLOME  (RICHARD).  The  Present  State  of  His 
Majesties  Isles  and  Territories  in  America,  viz.,  Jamaica, 
Barbadoes  ....  Carolina,  Virginia,  New  England,  Tobago, 
New-Found-Land,  Mary-Land,  New  York,  etc.  With  new 
maps  of  every  place.  Portrait  of  James  II  {inserted)  ev- 
graved  hy  Yertue,  7  maps  and  a  Sun-Dial  plate.  8vo,  full 
polished  calf,  gilt,  gilt  edges  on  the  rough,  by  Lloyd. 

London :  Printed  by  H.  Clark  for  Dorman  Newman,  1687 

Original  Edition,  very  rare.  Fully  half  the  book  is 
•>S^(S  devoted  to  separate  histories  and  descriptions  of  the  provinces 

and  colonies  which  comprise  the  United  States.  The  history 
and  description  of  New  England  is  largely  taken  up  with  the 
Indians  and  their  wars  with  the  colonists  up  to  the  death  of 
King  Philip,  son  of  Massasoit.  This  is  followed  by  ''An 
Account  of  one  Stockwell,  of  Deerfield,  concerning  his  Cap- 
tivity and  Redemption,''  etc.  This  narrative  covers  12  pages, 
and  we  cannot  find  any  record  of  its  having  been  reprinted. 

The  Crane-Halsey  copy.  Four  preliminary  leaves,  pp.  1-262, 
18  final  leaves,  and  3  additional  leaves  of  book  advertisements. 


29.  BONOEIL  (JOHN).  His  Maiesties  Graciovs  Letter 
to  the  Earl  of  Sovth-Hampton,  Treasurer,  and  to  the  Councell 
and  Company  of  Virginia  heere :  commanding  the  present  set- 
ting up  of  Silke  works,  and  planting  of  Vines  in  Virginia. 
And  the  Letter  of  the  Treasurer,  Councell,  and  Company,  to 
the  Gouernour  and  Councell  of  State  there,  for  the  strict  exe- 
cution of  his  Maiesties  Royall  Commands  herein.     Also  a 

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Treatise  of  the  Art  of  Making  Silke.  .  .  Set  foorth  for  the  bene- 
fit of  the  two  renowned  and  most  hopeful  Sisters,  Virginia, 
and  the  Summer-Hands.  Published  by  Authority.  4  fnll- 
page  woodcuts.  Small  4to,  full  green  crushed  levant  morocco, 
gilt,  with  the  Miller  arms  in  gilt  on  the  sides,  gilt  edges,  by 
F.  Bedford  (title  slightly  worn). 

London:  Printed  by  Felix  Kyngston,  1622 

The  First  English  Edition. 

At  this  period  there  was  great  interest  in  England  in  the 
cultivation  of  silk  worms.  The  subject  was  taken  up  by  the 
Virginia  Company  at  home,  and  on  Nov.  9,  1621,  the  Court 
recommended  the  translation  and  printing  of  this  treatise  on 
making  silk  written  by  Bonoeil,  the  French  master  of  the 
King's  silk-works,  that  it  might  be  sent  to  the  governor, 
council,  and  colonists  in  Virginia.  This  is  one  of  the  earliest 
publications  relating  to  the  subject. 


30.  BOSTON.  A  Short  Narrative  of  the  horrid  Massacre 
in  Boston,  perpetrated  in  the  evening  of  the  fifth  day  of 
March,  1770.  By  Soldiers  of  the  XXIXth  Regiment;  which 
with  the  XlVth  Regiment  were  then  Quartered  there.  With 
some  observations  on  the  state  of  things  prior  to  that 
catastrophe.  12mo,  full  polished  calf,  gilt,  gilt  edges  and 
inside  borders,  by  F.  Bedford. 

Boston :  Printed  by  order  of  the  Town  of  Boston,  and  sold 
by  Edes  and  Gill,  1770 

The  Second  Issue  of  the  Original  edition,  containing  the 
subsequently  printed  Additional  Observations  to  a  Short  Narra- 
tive following  the  Narrative,  and  continuously  paged  there- 
with. The  reason  for  the  non-appearance  of  these  pages  in 
the  First  Issue  is  given  in  a  note  at  the  foot  of  page  39  of 
this  work.  Fine  copy  of  this  rare  work.  The  Edwin  B. 
Holden  copy,  with  bookplate. 


31.  BOSTON.  The  Votes  and  Proceedings  of  the  Free- 
holders and  other  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Boston,  in  Town 
Meeting  assembled,  According  to  Law.  [Published  by  Order 
of  the  Town.]  To  which  is  prefixed,  as  Introductory,  An 
attested  Copy  of  a  Vote  of  the  Town  at  a  preceding  Meeting. 
8vo,  half  roan.  Boston:  Printed  by  Edes  and  Gill  [1772] 

Very  Rare.  This  most  important  pamphlet  contains  the 
Report  of  a  Committee  appointed  *'to  state  the  Rights  of  the 
Colonists  as  Men,  as  Christians,  and  as  Subjects,  with  the 
infringements  and  violations  thereof  that  have  been  made.'' 
The  Committee  included  such  well-known  men  as  James  Otis, 
Joseph  Warren,  Samuel  Adams,  Benjamin  Church  and  Josiah 
Quincy.  The  present  is  a  presentation  copy  from  the  Com- 
mittee of  the  Town  of  Boston  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Pay  ...  of 
Chelsea.     Title  and  preliminary  leaf,  B-G2  in  fours. 

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32.  BRACKENRIDGE  (HUGH  H.).  Modern  Chivalry: 
Containing  the  Adventures  of  Captain  John  Farrago,  and 
Teague  Oregan,  his  Servant.  4  vols,  in  one,  12mo,  contem- 
porary sheep. 

Vol.   1.   Phila. :   Printed  and  sold  by  John  McCulloch, 

M.DCCXCII 
Vol.   2.   Phila.:   Printed  and  sold  by  John  McCulloch, 

M.DCCXII,    [sic] 
Vol.   3.   Pittsburgh:   Printed   and   sold  by   John   Scull, 

M.DCCXIII,    [sic] 
Vol.  4.  Phila.:   Printed  and  sold  by  John   McCulloch, 

M.DCCXCVII 

The  Exceedingly  Rare  First  Edition.  Probably  not  more 
than  six  complete  copies  are  known,  the  greater  number  of 
which  are  in  public  libraries.  Sabin  has  no  record  of  the  work 
and  Wegelin's  "Bibliography  of  Early  American  Fiction" 
lists  only  the  1793  edition  of  the  first  part.  No  copy  of  this 
edition  appeared  in  the  Hoe  or  Church  collections. 

Every  volume  of  the  present  copy  contains  its  half-title. 
Vols.  II  and  III  bear  the  dates  M.DCCXII  and  M.DCCXIII, 
exhibiting  a  curious  mistake  made  by  two  different  printers, 
both  having  omitted  the  "C"  after  ''X"  in  the  date.  The 
third  volume  is  an  interesting  example  of  printing,  having 
been  set  up  with  several  different  fonts  of  type.  This  volume 
also  contains  the  unnumbered  leaf  * '  Conclusion. ' ' 

One  of  the  earliest  of  American  novels,  and  considered  as 
the  author's  best  work.  Dr.  Cannahan,  President  of  Princeton 
College,  speaks  of  the  work  as  a  book  second  in  genuine 
humour  only  to  its  great  prototype  '  *  Don  Quixote. ' '  It  deals 
satirically  with  the  political  events  of  the  period  and  the 
Whiskey  Rebellion.  In  the  introduction  of  volume  3  is  a  poem 
of  34  pages  ridiculing  the  Order  of  the  Cincinnati. 

Volume  3  is  considered  one  of  the  earliest  if  not  the  earliest 
book  printed  in  Pittsburgh. 

From  the  F.  R.  Halsey  collection. 

33.  BRADFORD  (ALDEN).  History  of  Massachusetts 
from  July  1775,  when  General  Washington  took  command  of 
the  American  Army,  to  the  Year  1789.     8vo,  original  boards, 

•)^^        edges  entirely  uncut) .  Boston :  Wells  &  Lilly,  1825 

First  Edition.  Fine  copy,  in  original  binding.  This  part 
covers  the  entire  Revolutionary  campaign. 

34.  BRANDT  (SEBASTIAN).  Stultifera  Navis.  Nar- 
ragonice  perfectionis  nunquam  satis  lauda  ta  nauis.  Roman 
character.  CXXXXV  numbered  leaves  and  3  unnumhered; 
30  lines  to  the  page;  117  curious  woodcuts  [attributed  to 
Diirer].  4to,  full  old  russia,  gilt  and  blind-tooled,  doublures 
and  flys  of  yellow  watered  silk,  blue  edges. 

Basileae :  Johannes  Bergman  de  Olpe,  Kalendis  Martiis,  1497 

Very  rare.  On  verso  of  leaf  76  there  are  references  to  the 
discovery  of  America.    Hain  3747. 

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35.  [BRAY  (THOMAS).]  Publick  Spirit  Illustrated  in 
the  Life  and  Designs  of  the  Reverend  Thomas  Bray,  D.D.  .  .  . 
to  which  are  added,  the  Designs  and  Proceedings  of  those  who 
now  form  the  Society  which  he  Instituted.  Second  edition, 
revised.    8vo,  half  brown  morocco,  gilt  top.  London,  1808 

Scarce.  With  bookplates  of  ''the  Associates  of  Dr.  Bray^'; 
and  Caroli  E.  Doble.  At  the  end  is  a  catalogue  of  books  given 
by  Dr.  Bray  to  Sion  College  Library,  21  pp. 

36.  BRERETON  (JOHN).  A  Briefe  and  true  Relation 
of  the  Discouerie  of  the  North  part  of  Virginia ;  being  a  most 
pleasant,  fruitful  and  commodious  soile.  *  *  *  Whereunto  is 
annexed  a  Treatise,  conteining  important  inducements  for 
the  planting  in  those  parts,  and  finding  a  passage  that  way  to 
the  South  sea,  and  China.  Written  by  M.  Edward  Hayes. 
Small  4to,  full  green  levant  morocco,  gilt  vignette  on  panels, 
gilt  edges  (title  in  facsimile,  some  marginal  repairs). 

London:  Impensis  Geor.  Bishop,  1602 

First  Impression.  Black  Letter.  Excessively  rare.  This 
is  the  first  English  book  regarding  the  history  of  the  coast 
of  New  England.  Writing  in  the  Bibliographer  in  1902,  Luther 
S.  Livingston  states  that  only  two  copies  of  this  first  impres- 
sion were  in  existence,  but  a  little  later  this  third  copy,  lacking 
title,  was  discovered  in  London.  It  is  in  fine,  crisp  condition, 
and  measures  7x4  15/16  inches. 

37.  BUDD  (THOMAS).  Good  Order  Established  in  Penn- 
silvania  &  New-Jersey  in  America,  Being  a  true  Account  of 
the  Country ;  With  its  Produce  and  Commodities  there  made. 
Small  4to,  full  crimson  straight-grain  morocco,  gilt,  gilt  top, 
UNCUT,  by  W.  Pratt  (last  leaf  in  facsimile). 

Printed  in  the  Year  1685  [at  Philadelphia  by  William 
Bradford] 

The  First  Book  Printed  by  William  Bradford  in 
America,  and  the  First  book  printed  in  Pennsylvania.  It 
is  of  great  historical  importance,  containing  early  data  of  New 
Jersey  and  Pennsylvania,  and  having  at  the  end  ' '  The  Dying 
Words  of  Ockanichon. " 

The  Lenox  Library-Brinley-Church  copy,  and  is  in  uncut 
state. 


38.  BULLOCK  (WILLIAM).  Virginia  Impartiality  ex- 
amined, and  left  to  publick  view,  to  be  considered  by  all 
ludicious  and  honest  men.  Under  which  title,  is  comprehended 
the  Degrees  from  34  to  39,  wherein  lyes  the  rich  and  health- 
full  Countries  of  Roanock,  the  now  Plantations  of  Virginia 
and  Mary-land.  Small  4to,  full  crimson  levant  morocco,  gilt 
tooled,  gilt  edges,  by  W.  Pratt  for  Henry  Stevens. 

London:  by  John  Hammond,  1649 
First  Edition.     Although,  as  stated  by  the  author  this  ac- 
count of   Virginia  was  composed   in   six  nights,   it   is   no   less 

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highly  esteemed  than  any  similar  contemporary  work.  It  con- 
tains a  great  deal  of  information  of  value  to  prospective  settlers, 
and  has  many  notes  and  details  of  the  colony  which  are  of  the 
highest  value  and  interest. 

Has  the  plate  of  Henry  Stevens  inserted  and  measures  6% 
by  5  3/16  inches.    Good,  crisp  copy. 


39.  BURK  (JOHN).  The  History  of  Virginia,  from  Its 
First  Settlement  to  the  Present  Day.  4  vols.  8vo,  original 
sheep,  leather  labels.  Petersburg,  Va.,  1804-16 

Very  fine  set,  each  volume  being  original  edition,  and  all  in 
publishers'  bindings.  The  final  volume  contains  the  rare  prefa- 
tory note  and  the  final  leaf  of  errata.  Complete  sets  are 
very  scarce,  as  a  very  large  portion  of  the  issue  of  volume  four 
was  destroyed  by  fire.  The  fourth  volume  was  completed  by 
Skelton  Jones  and  L.  H.  Gixardin. 


40.  [BURKE  (EDMUND).]  History  of  the  Origin,  Rise 
and  Progress  of  the  War  in  America,  between  Great  Britain 
and  her  Colonies,  from  its  commencement,  in  the  year  1764, 
to  the  time  of  General  Gage 's  Arrival  at  Boston  in  1774.  Con- 
tinued as  the  History  of  the  Rise  and  Progress  of  the  War  in 
North  America  from  the  time  of  General  Gage's  Arrival  at 
Boston,  May  1774.  Continued  as  the  History  of  the  War  be- 
tween Great  Britain  and  her  Colonies  (Vols.  11).  3  vols.  12mo, 
half  morocco. 

London:  Printed;  Boston,  in  the  State  of  Massachusetts. 
Reprinted  by  Thomas  and  John  Fleet,  at  the  Bible  and  Heart, 
in  Cornhill,  1780 

Extremely  scarce.  Prof.  William  Smyth,  of  Harvard 
University,  says,  "it  contains,  in  the  most  concise  form,  the 
most  able,  impartial,  and  authentic  history  of  the  dispute  which 
can  be  found."  Sabin  says,  "A  complete  set  is  of  extreme 
rarity. ' ' 

[Collation].  Introduction  pp.  90;  vol.  1  pp.  381;  Appendix 
34;  Vol.  11  pp.  84;  Appendix  4  pp.  The  Charles  H.  Bell  copy, 
with  bookplate. 


41.  BURR  (REV.  AARON).  A  Discourse  Delivered  At 
New-ark,  in  New-Jersey.  January  i,  1755.  Being  a  Day  set 
apart  for  solemn  Fasting  and  Prayer,  on  Account  of  the  late 
Encroachments  of  the  French,  and  their  Designs  against  the 
British  Colonies  in  America.  8vo,  blue  polished  morocco,  by 
Macdonald  (stain  on  inner  margin  throughout). 
y  0^  New  York :  Printed  and  Sold  by  Hugh  Gaine,  1755 

First  Edition.  Rare.  The  author  of  this  Discourse  was  the 
father  of  the  celebrated  Aaron  Burr.  He  was  instrumental  in 
founding  Princeton  University,  of  which  he  became  the  second 
president. 

The  Church  copy. 

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42.  BYFIELD  (NATHANIEL).  An  Account  of  the  Late 
Revolution  in  New  England.  Together  with  the  Declaration 
of  the  Gentlemen,  Merchants,  and  Inhabitants  of  Boston,  and 
the  Country  adjacent.  April  18,  1689.  Small  4to,  crushed 
green  straight-grain  morocco,  gilt  edges. 

London :  Printed  for  Ric.  Chiswell,  1689 

/  Choice  copy  of  the  First  London  Edition  of  this  very  rare 

pamphlet,  relating  the  narrative  of  the  Revolution  in  which  Gov. 
Andros  was  seized  and  deposed.  The  ' '  Declaration ' '  was  writ- 
ten by  Increase  Mather.    The  Lefferts-Halsey  copy. 


43.  CABEQA  DE  VAQA  (ALVAR  NUNEZ).  La  relacion 
y  comentarios  del  gouernador  Aluar  Nunez  Cabeca  de  Vaca, 
de  lo  acaescido  en  las  dos  jornadas  que  hizo  a  las  Indias.  Con 
priuilegio.  Esta  tassada  por  los  seiiores  del  consejo  en  Ocheta 
y  cinco  mrs.  Black  letter.  Title  printed  in  red  and  Mack 
under  a  large  coat-of-arms  with  a  double-headed  eagle.  Small 
4to,  original  vellum. 

[Colophon]  :  Impresso  en  Valladolid,  por  Francisco  Fer- 
nandez de  Cordoua  Aiio  de  mil  y  quinien-nientos  y  cinquenta 
y  cinco  anos  [1555] 

The  Extremely  Rare  First  Edition  of  the  Commentaries,  with 
the  second  edition  of  the  Relacion  of  Cabeca  de  Vaca.  It  is 
divided  into  two  parts:  the  first,  supposed  to  have  been  writ- 
ten by  himself,  is  a  recital  of  his  shipwrecks  and  disasters 
(Naufragios  de  Alva  Nunez  Cabeca  de  Vaga) ;  the  second 
(Comentarios  etc.,)  was  written  by  his  secretary,  Pedro  Her- 
nandez, while  Nunez  was  in  prison.  The  journey  of  Cabeca 
de  Vaca  across  the  entire  continent  from  the  peninsula  of 
Florida  to  the  Cinaloa  on  the  Pacific,  1528  to  1537,  and  thence 
to  the  city  of  Mexico,  is  one  of  the  most  remarkable  on  record, 
and  ranks  in  importance  with  that  of  Marco  Polo,  in  the  East, 
in  the  13th  century.  Of  the  first  edition  of  the  Relacion,  which 
was  published  in  1542,  only  two  copies  are  known.  For  an 
interesting  account  of  the  book  and  its  author  see  Harrisse 
Bib.  Am.  V.  N-239  and  Church  N-100. 


44.  CALEF  (ROBERT).  More  Wonders  of  the  Invisible 
World:  Or,  The  Wonders  of  the  Invisible  World,  Display 'd 
in  Five  Parts.  Part  I.  An  Account  of  the  Sufferings  of 
Margaret  Rule.  Written  by  the  Reverend  Mr.  C.  M.  P. 
11.  Several  Letters  to  the  Author,  &c.  And  his  Reply  relat- 
ing to  Witchcraft.  P.  II.  The  Differences  between  the 
Inhabitants  of  Salem  Village,  and  Mr.  Parris  their  Minister, 
in  New-England.  P.  IV.  Letters  of  a  Gentleman  uninter- 
ested, Endeavouring  to  prove  the  received  Opinions  about 
Witchcraft  to  be  Orthodox.  With  short  Essays  to  their  An- 
swers. P.  V.  A  short  Historical  Account  of  Matters  of 
Fact  in  that  Affair.  To  which  is  added,  A  Postscript  relating 
to  a  Book  intitled,  The  Life  of  Sir  William  Phips.     Collected 

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by  Robert  Calef,  Merchant,  of  Boston  in  New-England.   Small 
4to,  contemporary  calf,  rebacked. 

London :  Printed  for  Natb.  Hillar,  1700 
Fine  Copy  of  the  First  Editiox,  in  unwashed  condition, 
with  the   exception  of   two   or  three  leaves  at  the   end.     Ex- 
tremely rare  in  this  condition,  many  of  the  lower  edges  being 
uncut;  measures  6%x5  inches. 

The  author  gave  great  offense  at  fhe  time  by  censuring  the 
proceedings  of  the  Courts  respecting  witches,  at  a  time  when 
most  people  believed  in  their  existence.  In  his  discussion  with 
Cotton  Mather  he  is  as  superior  to  him  in  reasoning  as  he  was 
in  good  sense  and  courage. 

45.  CALLENDER  (JOHN).  An  Historical  Discourse  on 
the  Civil  and  Religious  Affairs  of  the  Colony  of  Rhode-Island 
and  Providence  Plantations  in  New  England  in  America. 
From  the  first  Settlement  1638,  to  the  End  of  first  Century. 

IsJ  ix^     8vo,  half  light  green  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt  top  (slight 
^  repairs,  leaf  of  ''Advertisement"  mounted,  writing  on  several 

pages). 

Boston :  Printed  and  Sold  by  S.  Kneeland  and  T.  Green,  1739 
The  Rare  Original  Edition.    An  important  historical  item, 
being  a  concise  history  of  the  Providence  Plantations. 

46.  CAMPANIUS  (THOMAS).  Kort  Beskrifning  Om 
Provincien  Nya  Swerige  uti  America,  Som  nu  fortjden  af  the 
Engelske  kallas  Pensylvania.  Af  larde  och  trowardige  Mans 
skriften  och  berattelser  ihopaletad  och  sammanstrefwen  samt 
med  athskillige  Figurer  utzrad.  Frontispiece  representing 
the  meeting  of  Wyn.  Penn  and  the  Indians,  2  engraved  views, 
including  a  view  of  Niagara  Falls,  4  copper-plate  maps,  also  5 
woodcut  maps  and  views  in  text.  Small  4to,  full  blue  crushed 
levant  morocco,  Jansen  style,  gilt  inside  borders,  gilt  edges. 

Stockholm,  1702 
First  Edition.  With  the  leaf  of  Errata,  usually  wanting. 
A  very  scarce  work  relating  to  the  establishment  of  the  Swedes 
in  New  Sweden,  afterwards  Pennsylvania.  The  author  of  this 
work  has  derived  most  of  his  information  from  notes  left  by  his 
grandfather,  verbal  accounts  received  from  his  father  and  facts 
obtained  from  the  manuscript  of  Peter  Lindstrom,  an  engineer. 
The  E.  D.  Church  copy,  with  bookplate. 

47.  CAROLINA  Described  more  fully  then  heretofore. 
Being  an  Impartial  Collection  Made  from  the  several  Rela- 
tions of  that  Place  in  Print,  since  Its  first  planting  (by  the 
English),  and  before,  under  the  Denomination  of  Florida, 
From  diverse  Letters  from  those  that  have  Transported  them- 
selves (From  this  Kingdom  of  Ireland).  And  the  Relations 
of  Those  that  have  been  in  that  Country  several  years  To- 
gether. Whereunto  is  added  the  Charter,  with  the  Funda- 
mental Constitutions  of  that  Province.  With  Sundry  Neces- 
sary- Observations  made  thereon ;  usefull  to  all  that  have  a 
Disposition  to  Transport  themselves  to  that  Place;  with  the 
Account  of  what  Shiping  bound  Thither  from  this  Kingdom, 

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this  present  Summer.  1648.  And  the  Charges  of  Transport- 
ing of  Persons  and  Goods.  Small  4to,  red  morocco,  gilt  bor- 
der and  back,  gilt  edges,  by  Mackenzie.     Dublin,  Printed,  1648 

This  is  one  of  the  most  interesting  and  at  the  same  time  one 
of  the  rarest  books  relating  to  Carolina.  There  are  only  two 
other  copies  known,  one  being  in  the  Lenox  collection  in  the 
New  York  Public  Library. 

The  purpose  of  the  work  was  to  set  before  prospective  colon- 
ists, or  ''Gentlemen  Planters,"  as  they  called  themselves,  in- 
formation which  they  might  require  before  venturing  to  trans- 
port themselves  and  all  their  worldly  possessions  across  the 
ocean  to  the  new  land.  Hitherto  the  ''Fundamental  Constitu- 
tions'' were  known  only  vaguely  as  a  set  of  laws  existing  for 
the  governing  of  the  new  provinces;  but  their  terms  and  pro- 
visions had  never  been  generally  available  in  Britain.  The 
very  usefulness  of  the  pamphlet  as  a  guide  to  colonists  accounts 
for  its  great  rarity  today. 

From  the  F.  E.  Halsey  collection. 

48.  CARVER  (JONATHAN).  Travels  through  the  In- 
terior Parts  of  North  America  in  the  Years  1766,  1767  and 
1768.  Illustrated  with  2  folding  maps  and  4  plates.  Tall 
8vo,  original  boards  (rebacked),  uncut. 

London:  Printed  for  the  Author,  1778 
An  exceptional  copy  of  the  very  rare  First  Edition,  in 
UNSPOTTED    condition,    and    very    wide    margins.     The    Crane 
copy,  with  autograph  of  Wm.  Eliott  on  title. 

49.  CASTANEDA  (HERNAN  LOPES  DE).  The  First 
Booke  of  the  Historic  of  the  Discouerie  and  Conquest  of  the 
East  Indias,  enterprised  by  the  Portingales,  in  their  daunger- 
ous  Nauigations,  in  the  time  of  King  Don  lohn,  the  second  of 
that  name.  Set  foorth  in  the  Portingale,  and  now  translated 
into  English,  by  N[icolas]  L[itchfield].  Title  within  orna- 
mental woodcut  border.  Small  4to,  full  olive  levant  morocco, 
gilt,  gilt  edges.      Imprinted  at  London,  by  Thomas  East,  1582 

First  English  translation.  Dedicated  to  Sir  Francis  Drake. 
Printed  in  Black  Letter.  Name  of  E.  Williams  on  margin  of 
title. 

50.  CASTELL  (WILLIAM).  A  Short  Discoverie  Of  the 
Coasts  and  Continent  of  America,  From  the  Equinoctiall 
Northward,  and  of  the  adjacent  Isles.  *  *  *  Together  with  Sir 
Benjamin  Rudyers  Speech  in  Parliament,  21  Jan.  concerning 
America.  Small  4to,  full  crimson  crushed  levant  morocco, 
gilt  and  blind-tooled,  vignette  inlaid  on  centre  of  each  panel, 
gilt  edges,  by  Riviere.  London :  Printed  in  the  year  1644 

Fine  copy  of  this  exceeding  rare  little  work;  with  wide  outer 
margins.  Size  7  7/16  by  5%  inches.  Contains  Castell's  Peti- 
tion to  Parliament  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospell  in 
America,  which  caused  in  England  a  widespread  interest  in  the 
development  of  the  new  colonies.  Has  also  an  interesting  Ordi- 
nance of  Parliament  appointing  Eobert,  Earl  of  Warwick,  Gov- 
ernor in  Chief,  "for  the  better  governing,  strengthening,  and 
preservation  of  the  said  Plantations,"  &c. 

The  E.  D.  Church  copy,  with  bookplate. 

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51.  CHAMPLAIN  (SAMUEL  DE).  Des  Savvages,  ov, 
Voyage  de  Samvel  Champlain,  De  Brovage,  fait  en  la  France 
nouuelle,  1  'an  mil  six  cens  trois :  Contenant  Les  moeurs,  f  agon 
de  Viure,  mariages,  guerres,  &  habitations  des  Sauuages  de 
Canadas.  De  la  descouiiertes  de  plus  de  quatre  cens  cinquante 
lieues  dans  le  pais  de  Sauuages.  Quels  peuples  y  habitent, 
des  animaux  qui  s'y  trouuent,  des  riuieres,  lacs,  isles  &  terres, 
&  quels  arbres  &  fruicts  elles  produisent.  De  la  coste 
d  'Arcadie,  des  terres  que  Ton  y  a  descouuertes,  &  de  plusieures 
mines  qui  y  sont,  selon  le  rapport  des  Sauuages.  Small  8vo, 
full  crushed  brown  levant  morocco,  Jansen  style,  gilt-tooled 
inside  borders,  gilt  edges,  by  Zaehnsdorf. 

A  Paris:  Chez  Clavde  De  Monstr'oeil,  tenant  sa  boutique 
en  le  Cour  du  Palais,  au  nom  de  lesus.  Avec  Privilege  Dv 
Roy  [1603] 

The  extremely  rare  first  issue  of  the  Narrative  of 
Champlain 's  First  Expedition  to  Canada,  ascent  of  the  St. 

J.  ^  Lawrence,  and  choosing  the  site  for  the  city  of  Quebec.     Only 

iO  ^  five  other  perfect  copies  are  known.     Size  of  leaf  6  1/16x3% 

inches. 

There  are  a  few  trifling  differences,  of  bibliographical  inter- 
est, between  the  first  and  second  issues,  which  are  noted  for 
/  the  information  of  collectors. 

*>V  The  word  *'Cour"  in  the  imprint  of  the  first  issue  is  so 

t/r  spelled. 

Y^t^  The  first  word  of  the  first  line  of  folio   33   is  '^es"  not 

•  "Lees,"  as  in  the  second  issue. 

Page  27  is  wrongly  numbered  29;  and  28  is  27. 
The  E.  D.  Church  copy. 


52.  CHAMPLAIN  (SAMUEL  DE).  Voyages  et  Descov- 
vertvres  faites  en  la  Nowelle  France,  depuis  I'annee  1615 
iusques  a  la  fin  de  I'annee  1618.  Par  le  Sieur  de  Champlain, 
Cappitaine  ordinaire  pour  le  Eay  en  la  Mer  du  Ponant.  En- 
graved title,  6  plates,  including  two  folding.  12mo,  full  crim- 
son crushed  levant  morocco,  elaborately  tooled  in  gilt  irregu- 
lar compartments  surrounding  a  decorative  center  piece,  the 
design  carried  out  in  line  and  dot  tooling  and  floriated  sprays, 
doublure  of  green  levant,  with  gilt  dentelle  border,  green  silk 
end-leaves,  gilt  edges,  by  Lortic  Freres.  In  green  morocco 
case.  Paris:  Chez  Clavde  Collet,  1619 

An  immaculate  copy  of  the  First  Edition.     Aside  from  its 
beautiful  condition  this  copy  has  additional  value  from  the  fact 
^TTi^^-^  that  it  contains  the  two  original  blank  leaves  completing  signa- 

ture Y  at  the  end,  which  are  very  seldom  found. 

This  is  Champlain 's  third  work,  in  which  he  describes  the 

Of     V  events  from  1615  to  the  date  of  writing.       It  is  particularly 

/-/-^  interesting  for  its  extensive  information  concerning  native  tribes 

and  topography  of  the  state  of  New  York  and  surrounding 

country  and  lakes.     The  plates,  illustrative  of  scenes  in  Indian 

life,  are  fine  specimens  of  the  engraving  of  the  period. 

From  the  F.  E.  Halsey  collection. 

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53.  CHAMPLAIN  (SAMUEL  DE).  Les  Voyages  de  la 
Nouvelle  France,  Occidentale,  dicte  Canada,  etc.  Folded 
copper-plate  map  and  6  engravings;  Traitte  de  la  Marine  et 
du  devoir  d'un  bon  Marinier.  2  woodcuts;  Ledesme,  Doctrine 
Chrestienne,  Traduite  en  Langage  Canadois  par  le  R.  P. 
Breboeuf ;  Masse,  L'Oraison  Dominicale  traduite  en  Langage 
des  Montagnars  de  Canada.  Small  4to,  full  crimson  crushed 
levant  morocco,  richly  gilt  back  and  sides,  inside  gilt  dentelle 
borders,  gilt  over  marbled  edges,  by  Lortic  Freres. 

Paris :  Claude  Collet,  1632 

Exceedingly  Scarce.  Extremely  fine  and  perfect  copy,  with 
the  very  rare  genuine  folding  copper-plate  seldom  found. 

The  only  complete  edition  of  Champlain,  containing  the 
reprinted  leaves  (corrected)  of  pages  27  to  29,  cancelled  because 
of  the  statements  reflecting  on  Cardinal  Kichelieu,  not  contained 
in  all  copies. 

This  is  the  last  of  Champlain 's  works,  printed  shortly  before 
his  last  voyage  to  Canada  (where  he  died  in  1635),  and  it  is 
perhaps  the  most  important  as  it  contains  a  review  of  all  pre- 
ceding French  Expeditions  to  the  New  World,  interwoven  with 
Champlain 's  account  of  his  own  Voyages  to  Canada,  together 
with  a  history  of  that  country.  It  gives  the  first  accurate  ac- 
count of  the  life,  habits,  and  warfare  of  the  Indians  in  what 
is  now  the  State  of  New  York. 

The  E.  D.  Church  copy. 

54.  CHARLEVOIX  (P.  F.  X.  DE).  Histoire  et  Descrip- 
tion generale  de  la  Nouvelle  France,  avec  le  Journal  historique 
d'un  voyage  fait  par  ordre  du  E,oi  dans  I'Amerique  Septen- 
trionale.  3  vignettes,  22  double  botanical  plates  and  28  maps 
and  plans.    3  vols.  4to,  contemporary  calf,  gilt  backs. 

Paris :  Nyon  fils,  1744 
The  scarce  original  edition.     The  accounts  of  the  Indians  of 
Canada  as  written  by  Charlevoix,  are  among  the  most  authentic. 
Fine  and  perfect  copy. 

55.  [CHASTELLUX  (F.  J.,  Marquis  de).]  Voyage  de 
Newport  a  Philadelphie,  Albany,  etc.     4to,  old  calf. 

Newport,  R.  I.:  De  I'lmprimerie  Royale  de  I'Escadre,  1781 

One  of  only  24  copies  printed  on  board  the  squadron  of  Count 

d'Estaing,  while  it  was  at  Newport,  Ehode  Island.     Of  these, 

ten  or  twelve  copies  were  sent  to  Europe,  to  persons  on  whom 

y  <^v.  *^®  author  could  rely,  with  the-  request  that  they  allow  no  tran- 

V  TjT  scripts  to  be  taken.     Very  Scarce. 

56.  CIVIL  WAR.  Report  of  the  Committee  to  inquire 
into  the  circumstances  attending  the  surrender  of  the  Navy 
Yard  at  Pensacola.    8vo,  sewn.  Washington,  1862 


57.   [COLDEN  (CADWALLADER).]     The  History  of  the 

Five  Indian  Nations  Depending  on  the  Province  of  New- York 

j  ^^     in  America.     Small  8vo,  original  sheep  over  oaken  boards, 

resewn,  the  wooden  boards  shown  on  inside  covers  through 


fj!^ 


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specially  cut  panels,  a  few  leaves  with  rough  edges.  In  brown 
morocco  case. 

Printed  and  Sold  by  William  Bradford  in  New  York,  1727 

This  is  the  Original  Edition,  and  all  that  was  ever 
published  ix  this  country  of  the  first  historical  work 
PRINTED  IX  New  York.  It  was  reprinted  with  a  Second  Part, 
containing  additions  and  alterations,  at  London,  in  1747. 

The  first  general  history  of  the  Iroquois  Indians  and  was 
written  to  thwart  the  efforts  of  the  French  to  monopolize  the 
Fur-trade.  But  a  few  copies  of  this  edition  can  be  traced. 
The  present  copy  (Stevens-McKee-Halsey)  has  bound  in  at  the 
end,  the  title  and  first  three  leaves  of  the  first  issue  of  the 
** American  Almanack,"  by  Felix  Leeds,  printed  by  Andrew 
Bradford  at  Philadelphia  in  1727.  This  copy  contains  the 
address  to  his  "Courteous  and  Friendly  Readers,"  in  which 
Samuel  Keimer  is  politely  flayed. 


58.  COLLECTION  OF  PAPERS,  That  have  been  pub- 
lished at  different  Times,  relating  to  the  Proceedings  of  His 
Majesty's  Commissioners,  &c.,  &c.,  &c.  8vo,  half  green  mo- 
rocco. New  York:  Printed  by  James  Rivington,  1778 

Contains  the  fruitless  communications  between  the  American 
Congress  and  the  British  Commissioners  for  the  settling  of  the 
disputes  of  the  colonies  and  Great  Britain. 


59.  CONDUCT  (THE),  of  the  Late  Administration  Ex- 
amined, Relative  to  the  American  Stamp-Act.  With  an  Ap- 
pendix, containing  Original  and  Authentic  Documents.  The 
Second  Edition.     8vo,  half  brown  morocco. 

London:  Printed  for  J.  Almon,  1767 
Fine  copy.     Has  two   pages   of  advertisements   at  the  end. 
The  authorship  has  been  attributed  to  both  C.  Lloyd  and  to 
C.  Jenkinson. 


60.  CONTINENTAL  CONGRESS.  Extracts  From  the 
Votes  and  Proceedings  Of  the  American  Continental  Congress, 
Held  at  Philadelphia  on  the  5th  of  September  1774.  Con- 
taining The  Bill  of  Rights,  a  List  of  Grievances,  Occasional 
Resolves,  the  Association,  an  Address  to  the  People  of  Great- 
Britain,  and  a  Memorial  to  the  Inhabitants  of  the  British 
American  Colonies.  Published  by  order  of  the  Congress. 
8vo,  half  morocco,  uxcut. 

Philadelphia:  Printed  by  William  and  Thomas  Bradford, 
October  27th,  M,DCC,LXXIV 

Extremely  Eare.  Three  issues  of  the  First  Edition  of  this 
most  important  piece  appeared  at  Philadelphia  in  1774,  all 
printed  by  William  and  Thomas  Bradford.  This  is  the  third 
state  [Evans  13715]  with  the  date  of  October  27  in  the  imprint, 
and  having  *  *  The  Association ' '  dated  Philadelphia,  Oct.  24. 
The  present  copy  is  ix  particularly  desirable  state,  being 
qlhte  perfect,  A-E2  in  fours,  with  the  half-title,  and 
wholly  uncut. 

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61.  [COTTON  (JOHN).]  An  Abstract  or  the  Lawes  of 
New  England,  As  they  are  now  established.  Small  4to,  full 
crimson  levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere. 

London:  Printed  for  F.  Coules,  and  W.  Ley  at  Paules 
Chain,  1641 

The  First  Printed  Collection  of  laws  for  New  England. 

Cotton,  who  was  described  by  Cotton  Mather  as  "a  most  uni- 

^  versal  scholer,  a  living  system  of  the  liberal  arts,  and  a  walking 

f\l  Wbrary,"  was  requested  to  assist  in  the  framing  of  a  code  of 

laws.       In  1636  he  had  compiled  ''Moses  his  Judicials, "  but 

notwithstanding  the  words  on  the  present  title,  the  laws  were 

never  adopted  by  the  General  Court. 

Very  scarce.     The  E.  D.  Church  copy. 

62.  [COWELL  (EBENEZER).]  A  Concise  View  of  the 
Controversy  between  the  Proprietors  of  East  and  West- 
Jersey:  being  An  Explanation  of  the  Bill  presented  by  the 
Western  Proprietors  to  the  Legislature  of  New-Jersey.  18  pp. 
small  8vo,  sewed,  original  uncut  edges,  in  cloth  case. 

1^  Philadelphia:  Hall  &  Sellers,  1785 

This  very  scarce  little  pamphlet,  of  which  only  two  copies 
seem  to  have  been  sold  at  auction  during  the  past  twenty  years, 
was  written  by  the  Deputy-Surveyor  for  the  West-Jersey  Pro- 
prietors ''with  a  design  to  remove  the  misrepresentations  con- 
tained in  a  Pamphlet,  entitled  '  The  Petitions  and  Memorials  of 
the  Proprietors  of  East  and  West- Jersey. '  "     Very  fine  copy. 

63.  COXE  (DANIEL).  A  Description  of  the  English 
Province  of  Carolana,  By  the  Spaniards  call'd  Florida,  and 
by  the  French  La  Louisiane.  As  also  of  the  Great  and  Fam- 
ous River  Meschacebe  or  Missisipi,  The  Five  vast  Navigable 

0^     Lakes  of  Fresh  Water,  and  the  Parts  Adjacent.    Large  fold- 
ing map.    8vo,  full  polished  calf,  gilt  edges,  by  Lloyd. 

London:  Printed  for  B.  Cowse,  1722 
First  Edition.    Very  rare  and  in  splendid  condition. 


64.  CRASHAW  (WILLIAM).  A  Sermon  Preached  in 
London  before  the  right  honorable  the  Lord  Lawarre,  Lord 
Gouernour  and  Captaine  Generall  of  Virginea,  and  others  of 
his  Maiesties  Counsell  for  that  Kingdome,  and  the  rest  of  the 
Aduenturers  in  that  Plantation.  At  the  Said  Lord  Generall 
his  Leaue  taking  of  England  his  Natiue  Countrey,  and  de- 
parture for  Virginea,  Febr.  21,  1609.  Small  4to,  full  crimson 
levant  morocco,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere. 

London:  Printed  for  William  Welby,  1610 

Fine  copy  of  this  early  and  extremely  rare  volume  of 
which  it  has  been  said,  ''there  is  no  nobler  sermon  than  this 
of  the  period."  The  running  headline  ''Neewe  Yeeres  Gift  to 
Virginea"  appears  throughout  the  volume.  Contains  the  rare 
leaf  at  the  end  of  scriptural  quotations  aptly  arranged.  The 
Halsey  copy.     Three  preliminary  leaves,  A-L3  in  fours. 

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65.  [CUSHMAN  (ROBERT).]  A  Sermon  Preached  at 
Plimmoth  in  New-England,  December  9,  1621.  In  an  assem- 
blie  of  his  Maiesties  faithful  Subjects,  there  inhabiting. 
"Wherein  is  Shewed  the  danger  of  selfe-love,  and  the  sweet- 
nesse  of  true  Friendship.  Together  with  a  Preface,  Shewing 
the  state  of  the  Country,  and  Condition  of  the  Savages. 
Written  in  the  yeare  1621.  Small  4to,  full  crimson  levant 
morocco,  gilt  inside  borders,  gilt  edges,  by  Bradstreet 's. 

London :  Printed  by  I.  D.  for  John  Bellamie,  1622 

First  Edition.     This  volume  is  of  extreme  rarity,  only  4  or 
5  copies  being  known.     It  is  the  earliest  printed  New  England 
sermon,  and  the  preface  contains  a  very  interesting  account  of 
/'  the  Indians  and  of  the  country.     Cushman  played  an  important 

^art  in  securing  a  grant  of  land  in  New  England  and  assisted 
in  procuring  vessels  and  supplies  for  the  first  settlers.     He  him- 
self arrived  in  New  England  on  the  ''Fortune"  on  Nov.  21, 
I  jl/^         1621,   delivered   his   sermon   on   Dec.   9,   and   sailed   again   for 
[L't-^l  England  on  Dec.  13,  of  the  same  year.     His  mission  had  been 

p  ,      •  the  signing  of  a  contract  between  the  colonists,  for  whom  he 

y-y  ,  ^  '  was  agent,  and  the  Merchant  Adventurers  of  London.       This 

copy  measures  7  1/16  by  5%  inches. 


^^.  DELAWARE  NAVY-YARD.  Statements  relating  to  a 
Navy  Yard  in  the  Delaware,  for  the  Construction  and  Equip- 
ment of  Iron-clad  Steam-ships  of  W^ar,  proposed  to  be  estab- 
lished at  League  Island.  8vo,  sewn  (small  hole,  extending 
throughout  the  pamphlet,  and  some  stains). 

Philadelphia,  1862 


DENTON'S   NEW   YORK. 

67.  DENTON  (DANIEL).  A  Brief  Description  of  New- 
York:  Formerly  Called  New-Netherlands.  With  the  Places 
thereunto  Adjoj-ning.  Together  with  the  Manner  of  its  Scitu- 
ation.  Fertility  of  the  Soyle,  Healthfnlness  of  the  Climate, 
and  the  Commodities  thence  produced.  Also  Some  Directions 
and  Advice  to  such  as  shall  go  thither:  An  Account  of  what 
Commodities  they  shall  take  with  them ;  The  Profit  and  Pleas- 
ure that  may  accrew  to  them  thereby.  Likewise  A  Brief  Rela- 
tion of  the  Customs  of  the  Indians  there.  By  Daniel  Denton. 
Small  4to,  full  light  brown  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt  line 
borders  and  circular  corner  ornaments,  gilt  inside  borders,  gilt 
edges,  by  Bradstreet. 

London:  Printed  for  John  Hancock  and  William  Bradley, 

1670 

A  Fine  Copy  of  one  of  the  earliest  books  in  English  re- 
lating   EXCLUSIVELY    TO    NeW    YoRK.      The    FlRST    EDITION,    in 
f  unusual  condition,  having  the  last  line  of  the  imprint  perfectly 

^  legible.     Most  of  the  known   copies  have  this  line  cut   away. 

This  copy  measures  7%  x5%  inches. 
From  the  F.  R.  Halsey  collection. 


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68.  DODDRIDGE  (JOSEPH).  Notes  on  the  Settlement 
and  Indian  Wars  of  the  Western  Parts  of  Virginia  &  Penn- 
sylvania, from  the  Year  1763  until  the  Year  1783^  inclusive. 
Together  with  a  View,  of  the  state  of  society  and  manners  of 
the  first  settlers  of  the  Western  Country.  12mo,  original 
sheep. 

Wellsburgh,  Va. :  Printed  at  the  Office  of  the  Gazette  for 
the  Author,  1824 

First  Edition.  Extremely  rare.  This  important  work  was 
drawn  from  original  sources,  mostly  of  personal  observation,  or* 
from  actors  in  the  Border  Wars  he  depicts.  No  one  except 
Withers  has  approached  him  in  fidelity  or  exactness.  Separate 
chapters  deal  with  the  Indian  War  of  1763;  Dunmore's  Warj 
Death  of  Cornstalk;  Capture  of  Mrs.  Brown;  Adam  Poe,  etc., 
etc.     The  Halsey  copy. 

69.  DONCK  ( ADRIAEN,  VAN  DER) .  Vertoogh  Van  Niev^ 
Neder-Land,  Weghens  de  Phelegentheydt,  Vruchtbaerheydt, 
en  Soberen  Staet  deszelfs.  Small  4to,  full  green  crushed 
levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt  inside  borders,  gilt  edges,  by  Brad- 
streets.  In  's  Graven-Hage:  Michiel  Stael,  1650 

Extremely  Eare.  Perhaps  the  most  important  work  on  the 
history  of  New  Netherlands  published  up  to  1650.  It  contains 
a  description  of  the  natives  and  of  the  physical  features  of  the 
country;  a  narrative  of  the  events  connected  with  the  first 
settlement,  and  with  the  administrators  of  public  affairs  down 
to  1649;  also  the  remonstrance  against  the  policy  and  acts  of 
the  West  India  company  in  Holland  and  its  governors  here,  etc. 
The  author.  Van  der  Donck,  was  a  graduate  of  the  University 
of  Ley  den,  and  enjoys  the  distinction  of  having  been  the  first 
lawyer  in  the  present  State  of  New  York.  The  present  copy  is 
in  very  fine  condition. 

70.  DRAKE  (SIR  FRANCIS).  Sir  Francis  Drake  Re- 
vived. Who  is  or  may  be  a  Pattern  to  stirre  up  all  Heroicke 
and  active  Spirits  of  these  Times,  to  benefit  their  Countrey 
and  eternize  their  Names  by  like  Noble  Attempts.  Being  a 
Summary  and  true  Relation  of  foure  severall  Voyages  made 
by  the  said  Sir  Francis  Drake  to  the  West-Indies.  Portrait 
(damaged  and  mounted).  Small  4to,  full  brown  morocco, 
gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  Fleming. 

Printed  at  London  for  Nicholas  Bourne,  1653 

The  First  Collected  Edition  of  Drake's  Voyages,  com- 
prising ''Sir  Francis  Drake  Eevived, "  (the  Voyage  of  1572- 
73);  ''The  World  Encompassed"  (the  Voyage  of  1577-80),- 
"A  Summarie  and  True  Discourse  of  (his)  West  Indian 
Voyage  (1585-86);  and  "A  Full  Eelation  of  Another  Voyage 
into  the  West  Indies"  (the  Voyage  of  1595-96,  during  which 
Drake  died). 

All  but  the  first  were  printed  in  1652,  and  have  separate  title- 
pages  bearing  that  date.  The  "Drake  Eevived"  was  printed 
in  1653  and  the  title  extended  so  as  to  include  the  other  three. 

Collation:  Vol.  1.  A-M4  in  fours,  including  the  portrait; 
Vol.  2.  A2-05  in  fours;  Vol.  3.  A-H2  in  fours. 

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71.  DRAYTON  (JOHN).  Memoirs  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution, from  its  Commencement  to  the  year  1776,  inclusive; 
as  relating  to  the  State  of  South  Carolina:  and  Occasionally 
refering  to  the  States  of  North-Carolina  and  Georgia.  Por- 
trmt  and  2  maps.    2  vols.  8vo,  original  boards,  edges  uncut. 

\{^  Charleston:  A.  E.  Miller,  1821 

Very  scarce  in  original  binding.  The  material  in  this  work 
was  collected  by  the  author's  father,  W.  H.  Drayton,  a  well- 
known  revolutionary  statesman. 

72.  [DUDLEY  (THOMAS).]  Massachusetts  or  The  first 
Planters  of  New-England,  The  End  &  Manner  of  their  com- 
ing thither  and  Abode  there :  In  several  Epistles.  Small  8vo, 
mottled  calf,  gilt  edges,  by  R.  De  Coverly. 

Boston  in  New-England :  Printed  by  B.  Green  and  J.  Allen, 
1696 

Extremely  scarce.  Sabin  records  three  varieties  of  title- 
page  for  this  book:  this  one,  and  two  others,  in  which  the  word 
** thither"  is  divided  and  occupies  the  4th  and  5th  lines  of  the 
title.  The  first  reprint  of  the  very  rare  tract  "The  Hurtible 
Bequest  of  his  Maiesties  loyall  Subjects,  the  Gouernour  and  the 
.^^  Company  late  gone  for  New-England"  by  John  Winthrop  and 

l"/  ^U  others,  London,  1630,  appears  on  p.  1-5. 

In  this  work  appears  for  the  first  time  in  print,  Dudley's 
Letter,  which  Trumbull  characterizes  as  "the  most  interesting, 
as  well  as  the  most  authentic,  document  in  our  early  annals." 
It  gives  a  condensed  story  of  New  England  affairs,  especially 
of  the  Mass.  Bay  Colony,  and  Drake  says  of  it  "No  document 
in  the  annals  of  Boston  will  compare  in  importance  with  it,  and 
no  one  can  successfully  study  this  period  of  its  history  without 
it."     The  Stevens-Church  copy.     Title,  A-C8  in  eights,  D-D4. 

73.  EASTBURN  (ROBERT).  A  Faithful  Narrative,  of 
The  many  Dangers  and  Sufferings,  as  well  as  wonderful  De- 
liverances of  Robert  Eastburn,  during  his  late  Captivity 
among  the  Indians:  Together  with  some  Remarks  upon  the 
Country  of  Canada,  and  the  Religion,  and  policy  of  its  inhab- 
itants; the  whole  intermixed  with  devout  Reflections.  8vo, 
full  crushed  crimson  levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt  edges,  silk 
doublures,  bv  Riviere. 

T//^'""  Philadelphia:  Printed  by  William  Dunlap,   1758 

First  Edition.  One  of  the  rarest  of  Indian  Captivities, 
being  exceeded,  according  to  Field,  by  but  two  others.  The 
Preface  is  by  Eev.  Gilbert  Tennant.  The  title  has  been  skilfully 
repaired,  otherwise  a  choice  copy  of  this  item,  with  the  genuine 
blank  leaf  at  the  end.     A-F4  in  fours.     The  Halsey  copy. 

74.  EDEN  AND  WILLES.  The  History  of  Trauayle  in 
the  West  and  East  Indies,  and  other  countreys  lying  eyther 
way,  towardes  the  fruitfull  and  ryche  Moluccaes.  With  a 
Discourse  of  the  Northwest  passage.     Gathered  in  parte,  and 

/o(^^     done  into  Englyshe  by  Richarde  Eden.    Newly  set  in  order, 


augmented,  and  finished  by  Richarde  Willes.  8vo,  old  heavy- 
calf,  with  the  gilt  arms  of  E.  V.  Utterson  on  panels,  gilt  edges 
(old  name  on  title).  London:  Richarde  lugge,  1577 

Text  and  marginal  annotations  in  Black  Letter,  Koman  head- 
lines. The  larger  portion  of  this,  like  the  work  of  1555,  is 
occupied  with  Peter  Martyr's  "Decades"  and  Oriedo's  "His- 
tory of  the  West  Indies,"  but  this  contains  much  important 
material,  such  as  "Captain  Furhishers  passage  hy  the  North- 
west," "Ferd.  Cortesius  conquest  of  Mexico,"  &c.,  not  in- 
eluded  in  the  earlier  publication.  This,  the  Utterson  copy,  has 
the  A.  C.  Burnell  bookplate  inserted. 

75.  ELIOT  (JOHN).  A  Brief  Narrative  of  the  Progress 
of  the  Gospel  amongst  the  Indians  in  New-England,  in  the 
Year  1670.  Given  by  the  Reverend  Mr.  John  Elliot,  Minister 
of  the  Gospel  there,  in  a  Letter  by  him  directed  to  the  Right 
Worshipfull  the  Commissioners  under  his  Majesties  Great- 
Seal  for  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  amongst  the  poor  blind 

(>-       Natives  in  those  United  Colonies.     Small  4to,  crushed  green 
levant  morocco,  gilt  edges,  by  Bradstreet. 

London:  Printed  for  John  Allen,  1671 

Eleventh  of  the  Eliot  Indian  Teacts,  and  one  of  the 
SCARCEST  OF  THE  SERIES.  The  Eev.  T.  R.  Marvin,  in  making  his 
reprint  in  1868,  stated  that  it  was  made  from  a  manuscript 
copy  in  the  British  Museum,  owing  to  his  inability  to  find  one 
in  America. 

76.  ELLICOTT  (ANDREW).  The  Journal  of  Andrew 
EUicott,  late  Commissioner  on  hehalf  of  the  United  States 
during  part  of  the  year  1796,  the  years  1797,  1798,  1799  and 
part  of  the  year  1800  for  determining  the  Boundary  between 
the  United  States,  and  the  Possessions  of  His  Catholic  Majesty 
in  America,  etc.    With  6  maps  in  the  text,  and  3  charts  in  the 

y\}      appendix.    4to,  boards,  not  original. 
^^  Philadelphia:  Printed  by  Budd  and  Bartram,  1803 

The  Eare  First  Edition.  One  of  the  earliest  books  by  an 
American  Author,  which  describes  the  vast  regions  traversed  by 
the  Commission,  and  is  indeed  the  pioneer  account  of  regions 
then  desert,  and  now  teeming  with  life,  activity  and  civiliza- 
tion.    The  Crane  copy. 

77.  ENCISO  (MARTIN  FERNANDEZ).  Suma  de  Geo- 
graphia  que  trata  de  todas  las  partidas  y  Provincias  del 
Mundo,  en  especial  de  las  Indias.  .  .  .  Title  within  woodcut 
harder,  and  ornamental  initials.    Polio,  vellum. 

[Colophon]  :  Seuilla:  Jacobo  Croberger  [1519] 

a/T^^  Extremely  Kare.     The  first  book  printed  in  Spanish  relat- 

ing  to  America — unknown  to   Robertson.     Enciso's   object  in 
writing  this  work  was  to   aid  pilots  and  mariners  in   accom- 
plishing discoveries.      Having  lived  in  Santa  Domingo,  where 
•  he  acquired  wealth  as  a  lawyer,  he  returned  to  Spain  in  1512, 

c    A/Vf  but  came  back   to   America,   with   Pedrdrias   Davila   in   1513, 

y^.^   "  where   he  held   the   ofSce   of  Alguazil   Mayor   of   the   Golden 

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Castile.  *'His  description  of  America  is  principally  from  his 
own  observations,  and  his  account  of  his  intimation  to  the 
Indians  of  Genu  to  surrender  to  the  King  of  Spain,  is  one  of 
the  most  singular  relations  that  ever  escaped  the  scrutiny  of 
the  Spanish  Inquisition."  Brunet  says:  "Livre  curieux,  parce 
qu'il  est  le  premier  traite  de  Geograjphie  imprime  en  Espagne 
ou  Ton  trouve  des  details  sur  TAmerique."  The  work  is 
printed  in  gothic  throughout,  with  side-notes. 

78.  ESQUEMELING  (JOHN).  Bucaniers  of  America: 
Or,  a  true  Account  of  the  Most  remarkable  Assaults  Commit- 
ted of  late  years  upon  the  Coasts  of  the  West-Indies,  By  the 
Bucaniers  of  Jamaica  and  Tortuga,  Both  English  and  French. 
With  the  unparallel'd  Exploits  of  Sir  Henry  Morgan.  4  por- 
iraits,  3  folding  maps,  vignette,  and  4  plates,  on  copper;  and 
several  other  maps  in  text.  Small  4to,  full  cromson  levant 
morocco,  gilt  tooled,  gilt  edges,  by  Tout. 

London:  William  Crooke,  1684-5 
First  Edition.  This  copy  contains  the  first  edition  of  both 
volumes,  a  very  rare  combination.  Both  were  printed  by 
Crooke,  from  whom  Sir  Henry  Morgan  received  £20.  damages 
for  false  statements  contained  in  the  work.  The  scarce  4  leaves 
of  Crooke 's  catalogue  at  the  end  of  the  volume.  The  E.  D. 
Church  copy. 

79.  FEDERAL  CONSTITUTION.  '^  Supplement  Extra- 
ordinary to  the  Independent  Journal.  Monday,  July  28, 
1788.  On  Saturday  evening  about  9  o'clock  arrived  the  joy- 
ful tidings  of  the  adoption  of  the  New  Constitution  at 
Poughkeepsie, "  etc.  Broadside  folio,  containing  a  reprint 
of  letters  from  Poughkeepsie  narrating  the  last  debate  in  the 
Convention  and  the  final  voting.     Printed  in  three  columns. 

^  New  York:  Printed  by  J.  and  A.  McLean  at  Franklin's 
Head,  No.  41  Hanover  Square  [1788] 

Extremely  rare.  This  is  probably  the  first  notice  in  print 
to  the  New  Yorkers,  of  the  adoption  of  the  New  Constitution. 
McLean,  the  printer,  was  the  friend  of  Alexander  Hamilton 
and  printer  of  the  first  edition  of  The  Federalist. 

80.  [FENELON  (FRANCOIS  DE  SALIGNAC  DE  LE 
MOTHE).]  The  Archbishop  of  Cambray's  Dissertation  on 
Pure  Love,  with  An  Account  of  the  Life  and  Writings  of  the 
Lady,  for  whose  sake  the  Archbishop  was  banish  'd  from  Court. 
And  the  grievous  Persecutions  she  suffer 'd  in  France  for  her 
Religion,  Etc.    8vo,  contemporary  calf. 

London:  Printed,   and  Re-printed  by   Andrew  Bradford, 
^Philadelphia,  1738 

A  very  rare  imprint,  not  in  Sabin.  Probably  the  First 
American  Edition.  Evidently  neither  Evans  nor  Hildeburn, 
who  list  this  edition,  were  sure  of  the  collation  of  a  complete 
copy,  as  they  give  the  number  of  pages  as  142-}-.  This  copy  has 
144  numbered  pages  with  the  word  "Finis"  at  the  foot  of  the 
last.     No  sale  record  of  this  edition. 


81.  FILSON  (JOHN).  The  Discovery,  Settlement  and 
present  State  of  Kentucke :  and  An  Essay  towards  the  Topog- 
raphy, and  Natural  History  of  that  important  Country:  To 
which  is  added  An  Appendix  containing, 

I.  The  Adventures  of  Col.  Daniel  Boon,  one  of  the  first 
Settlers,  comprehending  every  important  Occurrence 
in  the  political  History  of  that  Province 
II.  The  Minutes  of  the  Piankashaw  council,  held  at  Post 
St.  Vincent,  April  15,  1784. 

III.  An  Account  of  the  Indian  Nations  inhabiting  within 

the  Limits  of  the  Thirteen  United  States,  their  Man- 
ners and  Customs,  and  Reflections  on  their  Origin 

IV.  The  Stages  and  Distances  between  Philadelphia  and 

the  Falls  of  the  Ohio;  from  Pittsburg  to  Pensacola 
and  Several  other  Places. 

8vo,  brown  crushed  levant  morocco,  doublures  of  olive  levant, 

richly  gilt-tooled,  silk  end-leaves,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere  (lacks 

•the  map).  Wilmington:  Printed  by  James  Adams,  1784 

Fine,  clean  copy  of  the  Original  Edition. 

The    Appendix    includes    "The    Adventures    of    Col.    Daniel 

Boon,  containing  a  Narrative  of  the  Wars  of  Kentucke,"  and 

much  pioneer  history  of  importance,  here  printed  for  the  first 

time. 

From  the  F.  E.  Halsey  collection. 

82.  FOXE  (LUKE).  North-West  Fox,  or.  Fox  from  the 
North-west  passage.  Beginning  With  King  Arthvr,  Malga, 
Octhvr  ....  Together  with  the  Courses,  Distances,  &c.  Mr. 
James  Hall's  three  Voyages  to  Groynland,  with  a  Topo- 
graphicall  description  of  the  Countries,  the  Salvages  lives  and 
Treacheries,  how  our  Men  have  been  slayne  by  them  there, 
&c.  With  the  Author  his  owne  Voyage,  being  the  XVIth. 
Printed  by  his  Majesties  Command.  Folding  map  {in  fac- 
simile), and  two  woodcut  plates.  Small  4to,  dark  olive 
crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt  back  and  sides,  gilt  inside  borders, 
gilt  edges,  by  Riviere. 

London :  Printed  by  B.  Alsop  and  Tho.  Fawcet,  1635 
The  very  Eare  Original  Edition.  It  contains  the  four  leaves 
sometimes  described  as  being  cancelled,  and  all  the  peculiarities 
of  pagination,  indicating  one  of  the  earliest  copies  of  the  issue. 
The  original  map  exists  only  in  a  very  few  copies. 

This  is  an  account  of  one  of  the  numerous  attempts  to  find 
the  Northwest  Passage,  in  which  the  author  tells  of  his  explora- 
tions in  the  Western  part  of  Hudson  Bay.  The  results  of  his 
labors  gave  to  the  world  much  valuable  information  regarding 
the  region  in  question. 

83.  FRANKLIN  IMPRINT.  The  Charters  of  the  Province 
of  Pensilvania  and  City  of  Philadelphia;  A  Collection  of  all 
the  Laws  of  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania :  Now  in  Force ;  An 
Appendix ;  containing  a  Summary  of  such  Acts  of  Assembly  as 

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have  been  formerly  in  Force  within  this  Province,  For  Regu- 
lating of  Descents,  and  Transfering  the  Property  of  Lands, 
&c.  Woodcut  of  the  Arms  of  Pennsylvania  of  each  title, 
3  vols,  in  one,  small  folio,  full  green  crushed  levant  morocco, 
gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere. 

Philadelphia :  Printed  and  sold  by  B.  Franklin,  1742 
A   choice    copy.     Complete   with   all   three  parts.     Name   of 
Abraham  Robinson  stamped  on  first  title. 
From  the  H.  W.  Poor  collection. 

84.  FRANKLIN  (BENJAMIN).  M.  T.  Cicero's  Cato 
Major,  or  His  Discourse  of  Old- Age:  With  Explanatory 
Notes.  Ruhncated  title.  Small  4to,  full  dark  blue  levant 
morocco,  finely  gilt  tooled  with  stipple  decorations  on  back 
and  panels,  doublures  of  crimson  levant  with  broad  dentelle 
borders,  gilt  top,  rough  edges,  bound  by  David.    Enclosed  in 

I/JH^     case  of  dark  blue  straight-grain  morocco. 

Philadelphia:  B.  Franklin,  1744 
Beautiful  copy,  measuring  8%  by  6  inches.  This  work  was 
translated  by  Chief -Justice  James  Logan,  It  is  acclaimed  uni- 
versally as  the  finest  product  of  Franklin's  press,  and  by  many 
as  the  finest  specimen  of  18th  century  American  printing.  It 
has  a  prefatory  note  by  Franklin. 

The  Brinley-Brayton  Ives  copy,  with  book  labels. 

85.  [FRANKLIN  (BENJAMIN).]  A  True  and  Impartial 
State  Of  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania.  Containing  An 
Exact  Account  of  the  Nature  of  its  Government;  the  Power 
of  its  Proprietaries,  and  their  Governors,  etc.,  etc.  The  whole 
being  a  full  Answer  to  the  Pamphlets  intitled  A  Brief  State, 
and  a  Brief  Vievv,  &c.  of  the  Conduct  of  Pennsyvania.  8vo, 
full  brown  levant  morocco,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

Philadelphia:  Printed  by  W.  Dunlap,  1759 
Very  Scarce.  Contains  the  Appendix,  and  the  leaf  of  Ad- 
vertisement at  the  end.  Hildeburn  says :  '  *  This  tract  was 
probably  inspired,  if  not  wholly  written  by  Franklin."  It  has 
been  attributed  to  Dr.  William  Smith  by  his  biographer  Horace 
W.  Smith,  but  Hildeburn  points  out  why  such  could  not  be  the 
case. 

86.  [FRANKLIN  (BENJAMIN).]  Cool  Thoughts  On  the 
present  situation  of  Public  Affairs.  In  a  Letter  to  a  Friend 
in  the  Country.     8vo,  sewn,  some  uncut  leaves. 

Philadelphia:  Printed  by  W.  Dunlap  1764 

-—1  The  very  rare  First  Edition.     Written  in  favor  of  sending 

*\yY^M  y _  a  petition  to  England  praying  that  the  proprietary  government 

•^  ^  might  be  changed  to  a  crown  government,  and  signed  A.  B. 

First  published  as  a  suplement  to  the  ''Pennsylvania  Journal, 

April  26,  1764." 

87.  FRANKLIN  (BENJAMIN).  The  Way  to  Wealth;  or. 
Poor  Richard  Improved.  12mo,  original  marbled  wrappers, 
uncut.  Paris:  Renouard,  1795 

Very  Scarce,  only  6  copies  being  printed  like  this,  on  Large 
Paper.     With  the  supplementary  leaves    (lacking  in  many  of 

30 


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Vo- 


the  small  paper  copies).     '^Observations  sur  les  Sauvages  du 
Nord  de  1 'Amerique. " 

The  prettiest  of  the  early  editions,  with  the  first  part  in  both 
French  and  English.  The  engraved  portrait  frontispiece  is  hy 
Tardieu  after  Duplessis. 

88.  FRANKLIN  (BENJAMIN).  Poor  Richard's  Alma- 
nack for  1733.    With  an  Introduction  by  John  Bigelow  and 

^         Notes  on  the  15  rare  portraits  of  Franklin  illustrating  the 
work.    12mo,  sheets,  folded,  uncut.  New  York,  1894 

One  of  12  copies  printed  on  vellum,  and  containing  an  extra 
portrait  of  Franklin  by  C.  W.  Peale,  after  David  Martin. 
Privately  Printed  for  * '  The  Duodecimos. ' ' 

89.  FRENEAU  (PHILIP).  The  Miscellaneous  Works  of 
Mr.  Philip  Freneau  containing  his  Essays  and  Additional 
Poems.  8vo,  half  green  levant  morocco,  gilt  top,  uncut,  by 
Bradstreet.  Philadelphia :  Printed  by  Francis  Bailey,  1788 

Very  scarce,  particularly  in  such  fine,  uncut  condition.  The 
Church  copy. 

90.  FRENEAU  (PHILIP).  Poems  written  and  published 
during  the  American  Revolutionary  War,  and  now  repub- 
lished from  the  original  manuscripts ;  interspersed  with  trans- 

^  lations  from  the  ancients,  and  other  pieces  not  heretofore  in 

f  y       print.     The  Third  Edition.     2  vols,  in  one.     12mo,  full  mo- 
rocco, gilt  edges  (lacks  the  frontispieces). 

Philadelphia :  From  the  Press  of  Lydia  R.  Bailey,  1809 
According  to  Freneau 's  statement  in  a  letter  to  Jefferson, 
May  27,  1809,  this  is  the  first  edition  of  the  poems  that 
RECEIVED  HIS  PERSONAL  ATTENTION.  Later  he  wrote  to  Madison 
''That  Edition  [1809]  was  published  by  subscription  merely 
for  the  benefit  of,  and  to  assist  Mrs.  Bailey  .  .  .  and  this  con- 
sideration alone  induced  me  to  pay  some  attention  to  that  third 
Edition. ' ' 

.->  91.  FRENEAU  (PHILIP).    Bibliography,  by  Victor  Hugo 

^         Paltsits.    12mo,  wrappers.  New  York :  Dodd,  Mead,  1903 

92.  [FROBISHER  (SIR  MARTIN).]  A  true  reporte  of 
the  laste  voyage  into  the  West  and  Northwest  Regions,  &c. 
1577,  worthily  atchieued  by  Capteine  Frobisher  of  the  sayde 
voyage  the  first  finder  and  Generall.  With  a  description  of 
the  people  there  inhabiting,  and  other  circumstances  notable. 
Written  by  Dionyse  Settle.  Black  letter,  title  printed  within 
ornamental  border.    Small  8vo,  russia,  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

Imprinted  at  London  by  Henrie  Middleton,  1577 

First  Issue  of  the  First  Edition.     With  the  signatures  A  and 

)Y1\'-^  ^  ill  fours  and  B  and  C  in  eights.     The  work  is  one  of  the 

^  greatest  rarities.     Of  this   issue  there   are  probably  not  over 

six  copies  in  existence  and  the  majority  of  this  number  are  in 

public  institutions. 

^^^  This   account   of   Frobisher  ^s   second   voyage   was   published 

before   that  of   Captain   Best,   and   differs   somewhat   from  it, 

although  both  writers  accompanied  the  famous  explorer. 

(See  Illustration.) 


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93.  GAGE  (THOMAS).  The  English- American  his  Travail 
by  Sea  and  Land :  or,  A  New  Survey  of  the  West-Indies,  con- 
taining a  Journall  of  Three  thousand  and  Three  hundred 
Miles  within  the  main  Land  of  America.  Wherein  is  set  forth 
his  Voyage  from  Spain  to  St.  John  de  Ulbus ;  and  from  thence 
to  Xalappa,  to  Tlaxcalla,  the  City  of  Angeles,  and  forward 
to  Mexico  *  *  *  Also,  A  New  and  exact  Discovery  of  the 

^  Spanish  Navigation  to  those  Parts;  And  of  their  Dominions, 

-^  Government,  Keligion,  Forts,  Castles,  Ports,  &c.  With  a 
Grammar,  or  some  few  Rudiments  of  the  Indian  Tongue, 
called,  Poconchi,  or  Pocoman.    Small  folio,  original  calf. 

London:  Printed  by  R.  Cotes,  1648 

The  Eare  Original  Edition.  This  is  the  first  and  the  only- 
extensive  work  on  the  Spanish  Indies  written  by  an  English 
author.  Notwithstanding  its  many  superstitious  tales  the  work 
is  most  instructive  and  interesting.  Contains  the  chapter  on 
Gage's  journey  to  Eome,  suppressed  in  later  issues.  Has 
Lord  Fitzwalter  Burnell's  bookplate  on  title  verso  and  his  sig- 
nature on  fly-leaf. 

94.  GARDYNER  (GEORGE).  A  Description  of  the  New 
"World.  Or,  America,  Islands  and  Continent,  and  by  what 
people  those  regions  are  now  inhabited,  and  what  places  are 
there  desolate  and  without  inhabitants.  Small  8vo,  full  crim- 
son levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere. 

A^  London:  Printed  for  Robert  Leybourn,  1651 

Fine  copy  of  this  extremely  rare  volume,  with  the  leaf 
of  printer's  device,  and  also  the  leaf  of  Imprimature. 

The  book  is  one  of  the  very  earliest,  in  English,  to  contain 
a  description  of  the  Dutch  Settlements  in  New  Netherlands. 

95.  GEORGIA.  A  True  and  Historical .  Narrative  of  the 
Colony  of  Georgia  in  America,  from  the  first  Settlement  there- 
of until  this  present  Period :  Containing  the  most  authentick 
Facts,  Matters  and  Transactions  therein;  together  with  His 
Majesty's  Charter,  Representations  of  the  People,  Letters, 
&c.,  and  a  Dedication  to  his  Excellency  General  Oglethorpe. 

iT^      By  Pat.  Tailfer,  Hugh  Anderson,  Da.  Douglas,  and  others. 
8vo,  full  olive  levant  morocco,  gilt  back  and  sides,  gilt  edges. 
Charles-Town,  South  Carolina:    [London?]  Printed  for  the 
Authors,  1741 

Fine,  clean  copy.     Collation:    Title,  dedication  and  preface, 
xviii;  Text,  I-II8.     Signatures  A  to  Q4  in  fours. 
The  E.  D.  Church  copy. 

96.  GERBIER  (SIR  BALTHAZAR).  A  Sommary  De^ 
scription,  Manifesting  that  greater  Profits  are  to  bee  done 
in  the  hott  then  in  the  could  parts  off  the  Coast  off  America : 
And  how  much  the  public  good  is  concerned  therein.     Re- 

V^'^    f erring  to  the  annexed  Advertissement,  For  men  inclined  to 

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Plantations.  Small  4to,  full  crimson  levant  morocco,  richly- 
gilt,  gilt  edges,  moire  silk  doublures,  by  Pratt  (remargined 
throughout) . 

Printed  for  Sir  Balthazar  Gerbier  Kyt  Douvilly,  Anno  1660 

Extremely  rare.  This  copy  contains  the  ''Advertisement" 
referred  to  in  the  title,  with  a  separate  title,  imprinted  Eotter- 
dam:  Printed  by  Henry  Goddaeus,  1660.  While  issued  without 
imprint,  it  was  printed  at  Eotterdam  previous  to  his  returning 
to  England  upon  the  restoration.  The  Church  catalogue  states 
that  ''this  is  not  a  translation  of  any  of  the  author's  other 
TpuMications  in  Butch,  tut  is  apparently  an  independent  worJc 
prepared  hy  some  Dutch  scholar  with  an  imperfect  Tcnowledge 
of  English." 

97.  GILBERT  (BENJAMIN).  A  Narrative  of  the  Cap- 
tivity and  Sufferings  of  Benjamin  Gilbert  and  his  Family; 
Who  were  surprised  by  the  Indians,  and  taken  from  their 
Farms,  on  the  Frontiers  of  Pennsylvania,  In  the  Spring,  1780. 
8vo,  blue  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt  inside  border,  red  silk 
lining,  the  original  wrappers  bound  in  at  the  end,  by  Riviere, 
several  leaves  uncut. 

/  A^y         Philadelphia:  Printed  and  Sold  by  Joseph  Cruikshank,  1784 

First  Edition.     Fine  copy.     Eare. 

The  Gilberts  were  a  well-known  Quaker  family  of  eastern 
Pennsylvania.  They  were  captured  by  the  Indians  along  with 
a  party  of  other  persons,  about  fifteen  in  number,  on  the  25th 
of  April,  1780,  and  were  held  until  the  28th  of  September,  1782. 
The  narrative  of  their  adventures  and  trials  was  supposed  to 
have  been  written  by  William  Walton,  a  brother  of  Mrs.  Gilbert, 
from  verbal  relations  after  their  return.  Hildeburn  says  that 
the  authorship  has  also  been  attributed  to  Thomas  Austin. 

From  the  F,  E.  Halsey  collection. 

98.  GILBERT  (SIR  HUMPHREY).  A  Discourse  Of  a 
Discouerie  for  a  new  Passage  to  Cataia.  Written  by  Sir 
Humfrey  Gilbert,  Knight.  With  the  genuine  rare  folding 
map.    Small  4to,  full  old  dark  red  morocco,  gilt  edges. 

Imprinted  at  London  by  Henry  Middleton  for  Richarde 
Ihones,  1576 

Vert  scarce.     This  book,  which  is  an  essay  to  prove  the 

"^•/i  /  0*^  practicability  of  the  Northwest  Passage,  is  credited  with  giving 

i^^      ^  a  new  impulse  to  English  explorations.     The  author,  who  was 

^-^  drowned  off  the  coast  of  Newfoundland  in  1583,  is  renowned 

Tj  3  as  the  first  Englishman  who  attempted  to  found  a  colony  in 

J/^y;  the  New  World.       The  cordiform   map   is   gexuine,  and  is 

rarely  found  with  the  book.     The  Hoe  copy,  14  preliminary 

leaves,  B-I2  in  fours. 

99.  GODFREY  (THOMAS).  Juvenile  Poems  on  Various 
Subjects,  With  the  Prince  of  Parthia,  a  Tragedy.  With 
Some  Account  of  the  Author  and  his  Writings.    4to,  old  sheep 

yo^nj^    (name  on  title).  Philadelphia:  Henry  Miller,  1765 

Believed  to  be  the  first  book  of  poems  by  an  American  author 
published  by  an  American  printer.     Scarce. 

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100.  GODWYN  (MORGAN).  The  Negro's  &  Indians  Ad- 
vocate, Suing  for  their  Admission  into  the  Church:  or  A 
Persuasive  to  the  Instructing  and  Baptizing  of  the  Negro's 
and  Indians  in  our  Plantations.  To  which  is  added,  A  brief 
Account  of  Religion  in  Virginia.  8vo,  half  green  levant  mo- 
rocco, gilt  top,  by  Sanford. 

London :  Printed  for  the  Author  by  J.  D.  1680 

The  vert  rare  First  Edition.  Contains  at  the  end  ''The 
State  of  Eeligion  in  Virginia,  as  it  was  some  time  before  the 
late  Rebellion,  represented  in  a  letter  to  Sir  W.  B.,  then  Gover- 
nour  thereof."     A2-M7  in  eights. 

101.  [GOLDSMITH  (OLIVER).]  The  History  of  Little 
Goody  Twoshoes,  otherwise  called  Mrs.  Margery  Twoshoes, 
with  The  Means  by  which  she  acquired  her  Learning  and 
Wisdom  and  in  Consequence  thereof  her  Estate.  Set  forth 
at  large  for  the  benefit  of  those 

Who  from  a  State  of  Rags  and  Care 
And  Having  Shoes  but  half  a  Pair 
Their  Fortunes  and  their  Fame  would  Fix 
And  Gallop  in  their  Coach  and  Six. 

16mo,  half  brown  morocco,  gilt  top,  four  leaves  unopened. 

Printed  at  Worcester,  Mass.,  by  Isaiah  Thomas  and  Sold 
Wholesale  and  Retail  at  his  Book-Store,  1787 

Of  extreme  rarity.  In  fine  condition,  with  the  quaint  wood- 
cuts, and  the  two  leaves  of  advertisements  at  the  back. 


102.  GOMARA  (FRANCISCO  LOPEZ  DE).  Primera  y 
secunda  parte  dela  historia  general  de  las  Indias  con  todo  el 
descubrimento  y  cosas  notables  que  han  acaecido  dende  que 
se  ganaron  ata  et  aiio  de  1551.  Con  la  coquista  de  Mexico  Y 
de  la  nueua  Espana.  En  Caragoga  1553.  Acosta  de  Miguel 
Capila  mercader  de  libros  vezino  de  Caragoga.  Printed  in 
black  letter,  double  columns.  Title  in  red  and  black,  with  the 
arms  of  Spain  nearly  filling  the  page,  reverse  a  list  of  the  his- 
torians of  the  Indies,  with  ornamental  border.  Map  on  two 
leaves,  large  woodcut  of  a  Bison  (on  fol.  117  of  vol.  I)  and 
another  large  woodcut  of  a  coat  of  arms  (in  the  second  vol.) 
Folio,  full  brown  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by 
Riviere.  [Colophon]  :  Caragoca:  Augustin  Millan,  1553 

First  Edition.  Extremely  Bare.  Fine  copy,  with  the  very 
rare  map  on  two  leaves,  which  is  generally  lacking.  It  is  this 
map  upon  which  Bellero  based  his  map  of  1554.  The  work 
consists  of  two  parts,  though  having  the  general  title  as  above. 
The  first  part  relates  to  the  subjugation  of  Peru.  The  second 
part  gives  an  account  of  the  Conquest  of  Mexico.  Gomara  was 
one  of  the  earliest  and  at  the  same  time  one  of  the  ablest  of 
the  Spanish  historians  of  the  New  World.  This  work  was  trans- 
lated into  most  of  the  European  languages,  and  was  constantly 

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reprinted  during  the  XVIth  century.  Sabin  says:  ''A  work 
of  the  highest  importance  and  extremely  rare."  T.  W.  Field 
says  *'It  affords  us  the  most  authentic  views  of  the  primitive 
condition  of  the  Indians  before  tyranny  had  crushed,  or  civiliza- 
tion had  corrupted  them."  Margins*  of  title-page  extended; 
also  the  outer  margin  of  fol.  iij  and  some  words  supplied  in 
facsimile,  otherwise  in  finest  condition. 
The  E.  D.  Church  copy. 

103.  GOMARA  (FRANCISCO  LOPEZ  DE).  The  Pleas- 
ant History  of  the  Conquest  of  the  Weast  India,  now  called 
New  Spayne.  Atchieued  by  the  worthy  Prince  Hernando 
Cortes,  Marques  of  the  Valley  of  Huaxacac,  most  delectable  to 
Reade.  Translated  out  of  the  Spanish  tongue  by  T[homas] 
N[icholas].  Black  letter.  Small  4to,.  full  bro^^Ti  crushed 
levant  morocco,  gilt,  the  Miller  arms  stamped  in  gold  on  sides, 
gilt  edges,  by  W.  Pratt.  London :  Henry  Bynneman,  1578 

FmsT  English  Edition.     Fine  copy. 

104.  GORGES  (SIR  FERDINANDO).  America  Painted 
to  the  Life.  The  true  History  of  the  Spaniards  Proceedings 
in  the  Conquests  of  the  Indians,  and  of  their  Civil  Wars 
among  themselves,  from  Columbus  his  first  Discovery,  to  these 
later  Times.  As  also,  Of  the  Original  Undertakings  of  the 
Advancement  of  Plantations  into  those  parts.  With  a  perfect 
Relation  of  our  English  Discoveries,  shewing  their  Beginning, 
Progress  and  Continuance,  from  the  Year  1628  to  1658.  De- 
claring the  Forms  of  their  Government,  Policies,  Religions, 
Maners,  Customs,  Military  Discipline,  Wars  with  the  Indians, 
the  Commodities  of  their  Countries,  a  Description  of  their 
Towns  and  Havens,  the  Increase  of  their  Trading,  with  the 
Names  of  their  Governors  and  Magistrates.  More  especially, 
an  absolute  Narrative  of  the  North  parts  of  America,  and  of 
the  Discoveries  and  Plantations  of  our  English  in  Virginia, 
New-England,  and  Berbadoes.  Engraved  folding  frontispiece 
and  folding  map.  Small  4to,  full  brown  crushed  levant  mo- 
rocco, gilt  panel  border,  gilt  back,  gilt  edges,  by  Matthews. 

London:  Printed  for  Nath.  Brook  [1658] -59 

First  Edition.  Fine  copy  of  one  of  the  rarest  items  of 
Americana.  The  frontispiece  ''America"  having  full  margins, 
is  folded. 

The  work  consists  of  4  parts  and  has  three  extra  titles,  viz.: 
''A  Brief e  Narration  of  the  Originall  Undertakings  for  the 
Advancement  of  Plantations  Into  the  part  of  America,  1658"; 
"America  Painted  to  the  Life,  1658";  "America  Painted  to 
the  Life,  Printed  by  T.  F.  for  Nath.  Brook,  1659."  These 
parts  were  printed  and  are  numbered  separately,  but  an  index 
at  the  end  embraces  all  the  four.  The  1658  part  of  "America 
Painted  to  the  Life"  is  Johnson's  "History  of  New  Eng- 
land, 1654,"  with  a  new  title-page  and  preface,  but  with  the 
running  title  "Wonder  Working  Providence,"  etc.  It  was 
inserted  by  the  publisher  and  afterwards  disclaimed  by  Gorges. 
The  entire  work  contains  a  mass  of  interesting  and  important 

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'  New  England  history,  especially  of  the  district  of  Maine,  which 

was  originally  granted  to  the  author's  grandfather,  who  wrote 
the  second  part  of  the  book,  ' '  A  Brief e  Narration. ' ' 

On  the  upper  margin  of  the  first  title  is  written  in  an  old 
hand  ''Ex  Libris  Eodulphi  Thoresby,"  probably  the  distin- 
guished Yorkshire  antiquary  and  topographer  (1658-1725). 

The  E.  D.  Church  copy. 

105.  [GRAY  (HARRISON).]  A  Few  Remarks  upon  some 
of  the  Votes  and  Resolutions  of  the  Continental  Congress, 
Held  at  Philadelphia  in  September,  and  the  Provincial  Con- 
gress, Held  at  Cambridge  in  November,  1774.  By  a  Friend 
to  Peace  and  Good  Order.    20  pp.  8vo,  boards,  morocco  back. 

[Philadelphia]  :  Printed  for  the  Purchasers  in  1775 
First  Edition.     A  very  scarce  and  important  pamphlet 
severely  criticizing  the  acts  of  the  Boston  Tea-Party  and  con- 
cluding with  this  Loyalist  sentiment:     "Let  me  therefore  en- 
treat you  if  you  have  any  love  for  your  country,  any  affection 

for  your  wives  and  children to  lay  down  the  weapons 

of  your  rebellion;  and  submit  yourselves  to  the  wise,  lenient  and 
constitutional  government  we  have  the  happiness  to  be  under.'* 

106.  GROLIER  CLUB.  Mabie  (Hamilton  Wright).  The 
Writers  of  Knickerbocker  Nev^  York.  Illustrations  hy  Wal- 
worth Stilson.    16mo,  cloth,  gilt  edges.  New  York,  1912 

300  copies  printed  on  French  hand-made  paper. 

107.  HAKLUYT  (RICHARD).  The  Principal  Naviga- 
tions, Yoiages  and  Discoveries  of  the  English  nation,  made  by 
Sea  or  ouer  Land,  to  the  most  remote  and  farthest  distant 
Quarters  of  the  earth  at  any  time  vs^ithin  the  compasse  of 
these  1500  yeeres :  Diuided  into  three  severall  parts,  accord- 
ing to  the  positions  of  the  Regions  whereunto  they  w^ere 
directed.  Folding  map.  Folio,  old  brown  pigskin,  gilt  and 
blind-tooled  with  rose  and  thistle,  gilt  edges,  contemporary 
writing  on  title,  *'Dono  authoris,'^  &c. 

London:  George  Bishop,  1589 
The  very  rare  First  Edition  of  Hakluyt's  Collection  of  Voy- 
ages, measuring  11  by  7^^  inches.  Contains  the  folding 
map,  ''Typvs  orbis  terrarvm,"  13 1^  by  19  %  inches.  Black 
Letter.  There  are  two  issues  of  the  first  edition:  this  one  has 
the  original  blank  (X4),  Second  Part  ending  on  p.  501,  page 
494,  wrongly  numbered  499,  and  page  499  numbered  494.  Has 
also  the  original  preliminary  and  final  blank  leaves.  Signature 
Xx  has  four  leaves. 

Contains  the  original  cancelled  pages  491-501,  ''A  brief e  dis- 
course of  the  voyage  of  Sir  lerome  Bowes  knight,  her  Maiesties 
ambassador  to  the  Emperour  of  Muscouia,  in  the  yeere  1582"; 
and  the  six  unnumbered  leaves,  following  p.  643,  * '  The  famous 
voyage  of  Sir  Francis  Drake  into  the  South  Sea. ' '  This  Drake 
voyage  is  of  great  interest  as  in  Hakluyt's  address  to  the  reader 
he  states  his  regret  at  being  compelled  to  suppress  it.  He  seems, 
however,  to  have  had  a  few  privately  printed,  and  the  addition 
of  that  and  the  Bowes'  voyages,  as  in  this  copy,  add  very  con- 
siderably to  its  value. 

Has  the  Sir  Henry  Hope  Edwards  bookplate. 

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108.  HAKLYYT  (RICHARD).  ,  The  Principal  Naviga- 
tions, Voyages,  Traffiqves  and  Discoveries  of  the  English 
Nation,  made  by  Sea  or  ouerland,  to  the  remote  and  farthest 
distant  quarters  of  the  Earh,  at  any  time  within  the  com- 
passe  of  these  1600  yeres:  Diuided  into  three  seuerall  Vol- 
umes, according  to  the  positions  of  the  Regions,  whereunto 
they  were  directed.  3  vols,  in  2,  folio,  full  blue  crushed 
levant  morocco,  gilt  tooled  center  ornament  on  sides,  triple 
line  inside  borders,  gilt  edges,  by  W.  Pratt. 

Imprinted  at  London  by  George  Bishop,  Ralph  Newberie, 
and  Robert  Barker.    Anno  1599-1600. 

Fine  and  clean  copy.  With  the  original  "Voyage  to  Cadiz" 
(Vol.  I.  pp.  607-619)  which  is  either  lacking  in  many  copies, 
having  been  suppressed  by  order  of  Queen  Elizabeth  after  the 
^  disgrace  of  the  Earl  of  Essex,  or  else  appears  in  a  reprint. 

The  original  **  Voyage"  contains  eight  paragraphs  on  page  607, 
and  ends  at  page  619  with  a  woodcut. 

Inserted  (in  Vol.  I-II)  is  a  facsimile  of  the  Molyneux  Map 
in  First  State,  linen  backed,  which  map  is  referred  to  by 
Shakespeare  in  ''Twelfth  Night." 

In  Vol.  I.  pp.  187-208  is  a  curious  poetical  treatise  entitled 
* '  The  processe  of  the  Libel  of  English  policie,  exhorting  all 
England  to  keepe  the  sea,"  which  is  not  in  the  first  edition. 


109.  HAKLUYT  (RICHARD).  Virginia  richly  valued. 
By  the  description  of  the  maine  land  of  Florida,  her  next 
neighbour :  Out  of  the  f oure  yeeres  continuall  trauel  and  dis- 
couerie,  for  aboue  one  thousand  miles  East  and  West,  of  Don 
Ferdinando  de  Soto,  and  sixe  hundred  able  men  in  his  com- 
panie.  Wherein  are  truly  obserued  the  riches  and  fertilitie 
of  those  parts,  abounding  with  things  necessarie,  pleasant,  and 
profitable  for  the  life  of  man:  with  natures  and  dispositions 
of  the  Inhabitants.  Written  by  a  Portugall  gentleman  of 
Eluas,  [Ferdinand  de  Soto]  emploied  in  all  the  action,  trans- 
lated out  of  Portugese  by  Richard  Haklvj^t.  Small  dto,  full 
crimson  crushed  levant  morocco,  blind-tooled  border  on  sides 
surrounding  a  panel  of  conventional  gilt  roses  and  dots,  gilt 
back,  gilt  edges,  doublures  of  green  silk,  by  Riviere. 

At  London:  Printed  by  Felix  Kyngston  for  Matthew 
Lownes,  1609 

The  exceedingly  rare  First  English  Edition,  and  one  of  the 
rarest  of  Hakluyt's  works.  The  Portuguese  original,  of  which 
there  is  certain  knowledge  of  only  one  perfect  copy,  was  printed 
in  1557  at  Evora.  This  book  is  a  companion  to  Lescarbot's 
"Nova  Francia"  issued  in  the  same  year  under  the  direction 
of  Hakluyt.  It  describes  the  country  north  of  Virginia,  and 
was  issued  with  a  view  of  inducing  settlers  to  go  out  to  the 
new  Colonies.  The  work  is  generally  known  in  English  as  the 
Narrative  of  the  Gentleman  of  Elvas,  who  by  some  is  thought 
to  have  been  Alvaro  Fernandez,  and  by  others  Hernando  de 
Soto  himself.  This  copy  measures  7  1/16x5^4  inches. 
From  the  F.  E.  Halsey  collection. 

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110.  HALE  (JOHN).  A  Modest  Enquiry  into  the  Nature 
of  Witchcraft  and  how  Persons  Guilty  of  that  crime  may  be 
convicted,  etc.  Small  8vo,  original  sheep,  in  morocco  slip 
case. 

Boston:  Printed  by  B.  Green  and  J.  Allen  for  Benjamin 
Eliot,  1702 

A  SPLENDID,  CRISP  COPY  OF  THE  EXCEEDINGLY  RARE  FiRST  EDI- 
TION. On  the  fly-leaf  is  the  autograph  inscription  ^'Johannis 
Well,  Liber,  1713."  Webb  was  Pastor  of  the  North  Church 
in  Boston.  This  copy  also  belonged  to  Samuel  G.  Drake,  the 
historian,  whose  autograph  is  on  the  fly-leaf. 

Sabin  characterized  Hale's  book  as  "the  rarest  of  all  the 
worlcs  relating  to  the  New  England  Witchcraft  delusion. ' '  The 
Lefferts-Halsey  copy. 

111.  HAMOR  (RAPHE).  A  True  Discourse  of  the  pres- 
ent estate  of  Virginia  and  the  successe  of  the  affaires  there 
till  the  18th  of  June,  1614.  Together  with  a  relation  of  the 
seuerall  English  townes  and  forts,  the  assured  hopes  of  that 
countrie  and  the  peace  concluded  with  the  Indians.  The 
Christening  of  Powhatans  daughter  and  her  mariage  with  an 
English-man.  Printer's  device  on  title.  Small  4to,  full  green 
levant  morocco,  gilt  edges,  by  P.  Bedford. 

Printed  at  London  by  lohn  Beale  for  William  Welby,  1615 

^  First  Issue  of  the  original  edition,  and  of  the  utmost 

RARITY.     There  were  two  issues  of  Hamor's  Virginia,  a  fact  not 

recorded  by   any   American   bibliographer.     The  present   copy 

,  contains  on  page  60  in  the  concluding  paragraph,  13  lines,  and 

Jj  ^\  consists  of  a  criticism  of  the  clergy.     In  the  other  edition  this 

yj^  I      *  paragraph  was  cancelled  and  12  lines  of  other  matter    (of  a 

V  non-critical  nature)  were  substituted. 


112.  HARCOURT  (ROBERT).  A  Relation  of  a  Voyage 
to  Guiana.  Describing  the  Climat,  Scituation,  fertilitie, 
prouisions  and  commodities  of  that  Country,  etc.  Small  4to, 
full  crimson  levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  F.  Bedford. 

London:  Printed  by  lohn  Beale,  for  W.  Welby,  1613 

The  Eare  First  Edition,  complete  with  the  full  text  of  the 
Harcourt  Patent  at  the  end.  Closely  trimmed  on  the  three 
edges,  cutting  into  headlines,  signatures  and  marginal  notes. 
A-L4  in  fours. 

113.  HARMON  (DANIEL  WILLIAMS).  A  Journal  of 
Voyages  and  Travels  in  the  Interieur  of  North  America,  be- 
tween the  47th  and  58th  degrees  of  North  Latitude,  extending 
from  Montreal  nearly  to  the  Pacific  Ocean,  a  distance  of  about 
5,000  miles,  including  an  account  of  the  principal  occurrences 
during  a  residence  of  nineteen  years,  in  different  parts  of  the 
Country.  To  which  are  added,  A  Concise  Description  of  the 
Face  of  the  Country,  its  Inhabitants,  their  manners,  customs, 
laws,  religion,  etc.,  and  considerable  specimens  of  the  two 
languages  most  extensively  spoken:  together  with  an  account 

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of  the  principal  animals  to  be  found  in  the  forests  and 
prairies  of  this  extensive  region.  Engraved  portrait  frontis- 
piece by  Leney,  and  folding  map.     8vo,  original  sheep. 

Andover,  1820 
Vert  Scakce.  Good  copy,  with  the  slip  of  errata  pasted  on 
inside  back  cover.  This  work  is  the  journal  of  a  fur-trader 
who  spent  19  years  among  the  Indians,  and  his  account  of  the 
natives  with  whom  he  lived,  and  the  country  generally,  are  con- 
sidered correct.     The  Crane  copy. 

114.  HARRISSE  (HENRY).  The  Discovery  of  North 
America.  A  Critical,  Documentary,  and  Historic  Investiga- 
tion, an  Essay  on  the  Early  Cartography  of  the  New  World, 
including  Descriptions  of  Two  Hundred  and  Fifty  Maps  or 

^0^        Globes  existing  or  lost,  constructed  before  the  year  1536;  Etc. 

Illustrated.    4to,  full  brown  pigskin,  blind-tooled,   gilt  top, 

uncut.  London,  1892 

One  of  10  copies  on  Japan  paper.     From  the  Hoe  collection. 

115.  HARTLIB  (SAMUEL).  The  Reformed  Common- 
wealth of  Bees.  Presented  in  severall  Letters  and  Observa- 
tions to  Sammuel  Hartlib  Esq.  With  The  Reformed  Virgin- 
ian Silk-worm.  Containing  Many  Excellent  and  Choice 
Secrets,  Experiments,  and  Discoveries  for  attaining  of  Na- 
tional and  Private  Profits  and  Riches.  A  woodcut  and  a 
copper-plate.     2  parts  in  one  vol.     Small  4to,  full  light  green 

f^f^y^  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt,  inside  borders,  gilt  edges,  by 
N  V  Stikeman.  London :  Printed  for  Giles  Calvert,  1655 

The  very  Eare  Original  Edition.  No  copy  of  the  book 
including  both  parts  together  has  been  sold  at  auction  since 
the  Leff erts  sale.  ' '  The  Kef ormed  Virginian  Silk-Worm ' '  has 
a  separate  title-page  and  separate  pagination. 

The  second  part  appears  to  have  been  one  of  the  last  works 
which  were  written  on  the  subject  of  silk-culture  in  Virginia. 
Though  Hartlib 's  name  does  not  appear  on  the  title,  the  ad- 
dress ' '  To  the  Eeader ' '  is  signed  by  him.  After  the  directions 
for  the  rearing  of  the  silk-worm,  planting  of  mulberry-trees, 
etc.,  there  follows  a  collection  of  letters  from  prominent 
planters  in  Virginia.  The  first  part  includes  a  long  letter 
from  Christopher  Wren,  describing  a  transparent  beehive,  which 
is  accompanied  by  a  full-page  copper -plate  engraving  with  full 
descriptive  references. 

The  E.  D.  Church  copy  with  the  bookplate. 

116.  HAYWOOD  (JOHN).  The  Civil  and  Political  His- 
tory of  the  State  of  Tennessee,  from  its  Earliest  Settlement 
up  to  the  Year  1796;  including  the  Boundaries  of  the  State. 

^^j^^     8vo,  original  mottled  calf. 

nT  "  Knoxville,  Tenn. :  Printed  for  the  Author,  by  Heiskell  & 

Brown,  1823. 

Fine  copy.  Very  Rare.  The  earliest  history  of  Tennessee, 
and  the  one  on  which  many  later  works  are  based.     The  larger 

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portion  of  the  work  is  taken  up  with  the  story  of  the  Indian 
wars,  even  at  greater  length  than  in  the  Aboriginal  History 
published  the  same  year.  It  also  contains  an  account  of  the 
''State  of  Franklin"  to  which  Field  refers  as  ''a  chapter  of 
American  history  but  little  known  and  scarcely  exceeded  in 
interest  by  any  other." 

The  F.  R.  Halsey  copy,  containing  the  very  rare  copy- 
right SLIP,  following  the  title,  which  is  found  in  very 

FEW   COPIES. 


117.  HAYWOOD  (JOHN).  The  Natural  and  Aboriginal 
History  of  Tennessee,  up  to  the  First  Settlements  Therein  by 
the  White  People,  in  the  Year  1768.  8vo,  original  mottled 
calf.  Nashville :  Printed  by  George  Wilson,  1823 

The  Excessively  Rare  First  Edition.  This  work,  described 
by  Mr.  Field  over  thirty  years  ago  as  ''Exceedingly  rare  and 
highly  prized,"  has  latterly  become  one  of  the  most  sought 
after  and  most  difficult  to  procure  of  the  works  relating  to  the 
American  Aborigines.  Judge  Haywood,  the  author,  came  to 
Tennessee  at  a  time  when  relics  of  the  early  Indians  were  in 
quantities  sufficient  to  afford  ample  opportunity  for  his  in- 
vestigations, and  in  his  work  he  gives  a  careful  record  of  these 
researches,  which  have  been  accepted  as  a  most  valuable  addi- 
tion to  the  literature  of  the  subject. 

The  E.  D.  Church  copy,  in  splendid  original  condition. 


118.  [HIGGINSON  (FRANCIS).]  New  Englands  Plan- 
tation, or,  A  Short  and  True  Description  of  the  Commodities 
and  Discommodities  of  that  Country.  Written  by  a  reuerend 
Diuine  now  there  resident.  Small  4to,  full  crimson  levant 
morocco,  elaborate  gilt  borders,  doublures  of  red  China  silk, 
gilt  edges,  in  slip  case,  by  Zaehnsdorf . 

London:  Printed  by  T.  C.  and  R.  C.  for  Michael  Sparke, 

1630 

The  excessively  rare  First  Edition.  Good  copy,  with 
broad  lateral  margins.  There  were  three  distinct  editions 
issued  the  same  year,  the  other  two  editions  having  the  author's 
name  on  the  title.  The  present  copy  contains  the  genuine  leaf 
* '  To  the  Keader ' '  at  the  end  after  ' '  Finis. ' '  The  Halsey  copy. 
Title;  B-D2  in  fours. 


119.  HILTON  (WILLIAM).  A  Relation  of  A  Discovery 
lately  made  on  the  Coast  of  Florida,  (From  Lat.  31  to  SS 
Deg.  45  Min.  North-Lat.)  By  William  Hilton  Commander, 
and  Commissioner  with  Capt.  Anthony  Long,  and  Peter 
Fabian,  in  the  Ship  Adventure,  which  set  Sayl  from  Spikes 
Bay,  Aug.  10.  1663.  and  was  set  forth  by  several  Gentlemen 
and  Merchants  of  the  Island  of  Barbadoes.  Giving  an 
account  of  the  nature  and  temperature  of  the  Soyl,  the  man- 
ners and  disposition  of  the  Natives,  and  whatsoever  else  is 
remarkable  therein.  Together  with  Proposals  made  by  the 
i/S^     Commisioners  of  the  Lords  Proprietors,  to  all  such  persons; 

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as  shall  become  the  first  Setlers  on  the  Rivers,  Harbors,  and 

Creeks  there.    Small  4to,  unbound,  lower  edges  uncut,  in  case. 

London :  Printed  by  J.  C.  for  Simon  Miller,  1664 

First  Edition.     An  item  of  extreme  rarity.     No  copy  has 

appeared    at    auction    since    the   Brinley    sale.       Contains    the 

original  license  leaf  and  original  blank  at  the  end.     Very  large, 

the  lower  margins  being  entirely  uncut,  measures   7%   x  5% 

inches. 

The  expedition  was  undertaken  to  pave  the  way  for  colonists 
from  Barbadoes.     The  party  spent  five  months  exploring  the 
coast  of  Florida  and  choosing  the  best  places  for  settlement. 
From  the  F.  E.  Halsey  collection. 

120.  HISTORY  of  North  America  (The).  Containing  An 
exact  Account  of  their  First  Settlements:  ....  With  The 
present  State  of  the  different  Colonies;  and  a  large  Intro- 

('^•^^    duction.    Folding  map.    12mo,  original  sheep. 

London:  Sold  by  Millar,  Thomson   [and  others],  1776 

Very  scarce.  Contains  the  famous  ** Polly  Baker"  speech  in 
defence  of  bastardy,  written  by  Dr.  Franklin. 

121.  HOLINSHED  (RALPH).  The  Chronicles,  compris- 
ing: The  description  and  historic  of  England,  Ireland,  Scot- 
land and  beginning  at  Duke  William  the  Norman  called  the 
Conqueror  and  descending  to  all  Kings  and  Queens  of  Eng- 

V/  0  ^       land,    etc.     Now   newlie   augmented    and   continued   to    the 
*^  Yeare  1586  by  John  Hooker  and  others.     Titles  witJmi  large 

woodcut  borders.  3  vols,  in  2,  thick  folio,  full  crushed  maroon 
levant  morocco,  gilt  line  border,  backs  richly  gilt  tooled  in 
compartments,  with  crowns,  thistles,  stars,  etc.,  inside  dentelle 
borders,  gilt  edges,  by  F.  Bedford.  London,  1586-87 

Very  fine  copy.  Contains  the  cancelled  leaves  supplied  from 
reprints,  as  is  usually  the  case.  George  Steevens's  copy,  with 
his  stamp  on  verso  of  title  of  Vol.  I.  From  the  Huth  collection, 
with  bookplate. 

122.  HOOKE  (WILLIAM).  New  Englands  Teares  for 
Old  Englands  Feares.  Preached  in  a  Sermon  on  July  23, 
1640,  being  a  day  of  Publike  Humiliation,  appointed  by  the 
Churches  in  behalfe  of  our  Native  Countrey  in  time  of  feared 
dangers.    Small  4to,  old  boards. 

London:  Printed  by  T.  P.  for  John  Rothwell  and  Henry 
Overton,  1641 

Fine  copy,  having  wide  margins  with  all  the  page  numbers, 
marginal  annotations,  and  catch  words  intact.  There  seem  to 
have  been  three  issues  of  this  pamphlet  in  1641.  According  to 
Church  this  is  Second  Issue.  Hooke  was  a  cousin  of  Oliver 
Cromwell.  He  came  to  New  England  in  1636  and  after  about 
ten  years  at  Taunton  and  New  Haven  returned  to  England  to 
become  chaplain  to  the  Protector.  This  pamphlet  is  strangely 
prophetic  of  the  events  which  occurred  in  New  England  during 
the  American  Eevolution.  Size,  7%  by -5%  inches.  The  W.  S. 
Appleton  copy,  with  book  label. 

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123.  HOPKINS  (SAMUEL).  Historical  Memoirs,  Relat- 
ing to  the  Housatunnuk  Indians;  or,  An  Account  of  the 
Methods  used,  and  Pains  taken,  for  the  Propagation  of  the 
Gospel  among  that  Heathenish-Tribe,  and  the  Success  thereof, 
under  the  Ministry  of  the  late  Reverend  Mr,  John  Sergeant: 
Together  with  the  Character  of  that  eminently  worthy  Mis- 
sionary ;  and  an  Address  to  the  People  of  this  Country,  repre- 
senting the  very  great  Importance  of  attaching  the  Indians 
to  their  Interest,  not  only  by  treating  them  justly  and  kindly, 
but  by  using  proper  Endeavours  to  settle  Christianity  among 
them.  Small  4to,  brown  levant  morocco,  gilt  inside  border, 
gilt  top,  by  Walters. 

Boston ;  Printed  and  Sold  by  S.  Kneeland,  1753 

One  of  the  Earest  works  relating  to  the  Indians  of  New 
England.  Not  mentioned  in  Field's  or  Filling's  Indian  Bib- 
liographies. 

124.  HUBBARD  (WILLIAM).  The  Happiness  of  a 
People  in  the  Wisdome  of  their  Rulers,  Directing  And  in  the 
Obedience   of  their  Brethren   Attending   Unto   what   Israel 

^  ougho  (sic)  to  do:  Recommended  in  a  Sermon.  Small  4to, 
dark  olive  crushed  levant  morocco,  lettered  in  gilt  on  the 
cover,  gilt  inside  borders,  by  Bradstreet. 

Boston,  Printed  by  John  Foster,  1676 
Eare.     One  of  the  earliest  books  printed  by  John  Foster. 

125.  HUBBARD  (WILLIAM).  The  Present  State  of 
New-England.  Being  a  Narative  Of  the  Troubles  with  the 
Indians  in  New-England,  from  the  first  planting  thereof  in 
the  year  1607,  to  this  present  year  1677 :  But  chiefly  of  the  late 
Troubles  in  the  two  last  years  1675,  and  1676.  To  which  is 
added  a  Discourse  about  the  War  with  the  Pequods  in  the 

^         year  1637.     Small  4to,  original  calf. 

London :  Printed  for  Theo.  Parkhurst,  1677 

The  very  bare  First  London  issue,  with  the  Leaf  of 
License  dated  June  27,  1677,  and  the  genuine  map  for  this 
edition,  the  '  *  Wine  Hills '  *  map,  usually  found  in  facsimile. 
At  the  end  is  the  Supplement;  A  Postscript,  and  a  Narrative 
of  the  Trouble  with  the  Indians  in  New-England,  from  Pasca- 
taqua  to  Pemmaquid.  The  Halsey  copy.  Title;  one  leaf; 
a-a4 ;  B-T4  in  fours ;  A-L4  in  fours. 

126.  HUTCHINS  (THOMAS).  A  Topographical  Descrip- 
tion of  Virginia,  Pennsylvania,  Maryland,  and  North  Caro- 
lina, comprehending  the  Rivers,  Ohio,  Kenhawa,  Sioto, 
Cherokee,   Wabash,   Illinois,   Mississippi,   &c.     The    Climate, 

^  Vegetable,  or  Mineral;  the  Mountains,   Creeks,  Roads,  Dis- 

tances, Latitudes,  &c.  .  .  .  and  An  Appendix,  containing  Mr. 
Patrick  Kennedy's  Journal  up  the  Illinois  Rivers,  and  a  cor- 
rect List  of  the  different  Nations  and  Tribes  of  Indians,  with 

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the  Number  of  Fighting  Men,  &c.  2  folding  maps  and  a  table. 
8vo,  full  green  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt  inside  border, 
gilt  top,  UNCUT,  by  Lloyd. 

London :  Printed  for  the  Author,  1778 

A  fine,  large  copy  of  this  rare  book  in  particularly  desirable 
condition,  being  a  presentation  copy  from  the  author  to  Lieut. 
Gen.  Melville,  with  the  inscription  on  the  title:  "1778,  17th 
Deer.    From  the  Author,  to  Lt.  Genl.  Melville  with  a  map." 

127.  HUTCHINS  (THOMAS).  A  Topographical  Descrip- 
tion of  Virginia,  Pennsylvania,  Maryland,  and  North  Caro- 
lina, comprehending  the  Rivers  Ohio,  Henhawa,  Sioto, 
Cherokee,  Wabash,  Illinois,  Mississippi,  &e.  .  .  .  And  an  Ap- 
pendix containing  Mr.  Patrick  Kennedy's  Journal  up  the 
Illinois  River,  and  a  correct  list  of  the  different  Tribes  of 
Indians,  etc.  With  two  folding  maps  and  a  Table  of  Dis- 
tances.    8vo,  limp  morocco. 

London:  Printed  for  the  Author,  1778 
The  Second  Edition.     Scarce.     The  maps  are  in  especially 
good  condition.    With  the  autograph  of  Theod.  Bailey  on  title- 
page. 

128.  [HUTCHINSON  (THOIVIAS).]  A  Collection  of 
Original  Papers  relative  to  the  History  of  the  Colony  of 
Massachusetts-Bay.     8vo,  original  sheep. 

Boston,  New-England :  Printed  by  Thomas  and  John  Fleet, 
1769. 

/  Fine  copy,  in  original  binding,  of  this  very  interesting  and 

rare  collection.  It  was  published  by  Lt.  Gov.  Hutchinson  ''to 
support  and  elucidate  the  principal  facts  of  the  history  of 
Massachusetts  Bay,  and  [to]  serve  as  an  appendix  to  it.'' 
Many  of  Hutchinson's  papers  were  destroyed  by  the  mob  in 
Boston  during  the  Stamp  Act  riots.  This  copy,  like  several 
others,  is  wrongly  bound  and  lettered  as  Vol.  3  of  the  History. 
The  E.  N.  Crane  copy,  with  bookplate. 

129.  HUTCHINSON  (THOMAS).  The  Speeches  of  His 
Excellency  Governor  Hutchinson  to  the  General  Assembly  Of 
the  Massachusetts-Bay.     12mo,  sewn  (has  "duplicate"  stamp 

1/(^^      on  margin  of  title).     Boston:  Printed  by  Edes  and  Gill,  1773 
Scarce.    Good  copy. 

130.IMLAY    (GEORGE).     A  Topographical  Description 
of  the  Western  Territory  of  North  America ;  containing  a  suc- 
cinct account  of  its  Climate,  Natural  History,   Population, 
Agriculture,  Manners  and  Customs,  with  an  ample  description 
of  the  several  divisions  into  which  that  country  is  partitioned, 
and  an  accurate  Statement  of  the  various  Tribes  of  Indians 
/O*^       that  inhabit  the  Frontier  Country.     To  which  is  annexed  a 
delineation  of  the  Laws  and  Government  of  the  State  of  Ken- 
tucky.   8vo,  half  calf,  gilt  top,  uncut.  London,  1792 
The  Eare  First  Edition,  with  the  half-title.    Portion  of  the 
autograph  of  a  contemporary  owner  on  title-page. 
From  the  Edward  N.  Crane  collection. 

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131.  IMPARTIAL  HISTORY  of  the  War  in  America,  be- 
tween Great  Britain  and  Her  Colonies,  from  its  Commence- 
ment to  the  end  of  the  Year  1779.  Exhibiting  a  circumstan- 
tial connected,  and  complete  Account  of  the  real  Causes,  Rise, 
and  Progress  of  the  War,  &c.  Large  folding  map,  mounted 
on  linen,  and  13  fine  copper-plate  portraits.  Thick  8vo,  new 
boards,  edges  entirely  uncut. 

London:  Printed  for  R.  Faulder,  1780 
Beautiful  copy  of  the  Eare  Original  Edition,  in  large,  clean, 
uncut  state.  This  very  fine  history  has  been  attributed  to 
Edmund  Burke,  but  no  conclusive  evidence  on  the  matter  seems 
to  exist.  The  work  is  becoming  very  hard  to  find  with  all  the 
portraits,  which  include  Generals  Washington,  Arnold,  Lee,  Put- 
nam, Wooster  and  Gates,  Lord  and  Sir  William  Howe,  Benjamin 
Franklin,  Robert  Hopkins,  John  Hancock,  Samuel  Adams,  and 
A  Eeal  American  Rifleman. 

132.  INDIANS.  A  Treaty,  Held  at  the  Town  of  Lancaster, 
in  Pennsylvania,  By  the  Honourable  the  Lieutenant- Gk)vernor 
of  the  Province,  Arid  the  Honourable  the  Commissioners  for 
the  Provinces  of  Virginia  and  Maryland,  with  the  Indians  of 
the  Six  Nations,  In  June,  1744.  39  pp.  folio,  sewed,  all  edges 
uncut.  Philadelphia:  B.  Franklin,  1744 

Exceedingly  rare.  The  purpose  of  this  treaty  was  to  settle 
the  disputes  between  the  colonies  of  Virginia  and  Maryland  and 
the  Six  Nations  regarding  some  land  claimed  by  the  Indians, 
to  whom  payment  was  eventually  made  as  a  result  of  the  treaty. 
Only  one  copy,  that  in  the  Robert  Hoe  library,  has  been  sold  at 
auction  in  recent  years. 

This  copy  belonged  to  the  celebrated  Geo.  Morgan  with  his 
autograph  on  title. 

133.  JAMES  (THOMAS).  The  Strange  and  Dangerovs 
Voyage  of  Captaine  Thomas  lames,  in  his  intended  Discouery 
of  the  Northwest  Passage  into  the  South  Sea.  Wherein  the 
Miseries  Indvred  both  Going,  Wintering,  Returning;  and  the 
Rarities  obserued,  both  Philosophicall  and  Mathematicall,  are 
related  in  this  lournall  of  it.  Published  by  His  Maiesties 
command.  To  which  are  added,  A  Plat  or  Card  for  the 
Sayling  in  those  Seas.  Diuers  little  Tables  of  the  Author's, 
of  the  Variation  of  the  Compasse,  &c.  With  An  Appendix 
concerning  Longitude,  by  Master  Henry  Gellibrand  Astron- 
omy Reader  of  Gresham  Colledge  in  London.  And  An  Aduise 
concerning  the  Philosophy  of  these  late  Discoueryes,  by  W.  W. 
Folding  copper-plate  map,  with  portrait  of  Captain  James 
(backed  with  linen,  remargined).  Small  4to,  red  morocco, 
gilt,  gilt  edges. 

London :  Printed  for  lohn  Legatt,  for  lohn  Partridge,  1633 

First  Edition,  Rare.    Contains  the  map  which  is  very  often 

missing   or   supplied   in   facsimile.      An   unusually   large   copy 

measuring  7%x5%  inches,  being  considerably  larger  than  the 

Church  copy. 

The  voyage  was  undertaken  with  the  sanction  of  Charles  I., 
and  financed  by  Merchants  of  the  City  of  Bristol.  In  spite  of 
the  fact  that  the  gallant  explorer  has  been  censured  for  the 

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lack  of  geograpMcal  information,  the  book  contains  some  re- 
markable observations  respecting  the  climatic  conditions  and  is 
interspersed  with  valuable  descriptions  of  various  parts  of 
North  America  which  were  visited.  The  map  is  considered  to- 
day a  singularly  correct  delineation  of  the  high  latitudes  in 
which  Hudson,  Baffin,  James,  and  Fox  pursued  their  search  for 
the  North-west  passage. 

The  *'Aduise"  called  for  on  the  title  and  signed  in  the  text 
*  *  Yours  X.  Z."  was  written  by  William  Watts. 

From  the  F.  E.  Halsey  collection. 

134.  JANSON  (CHARLES  WILLIAM).  The  Stranger  in 
America:  containing  observations  made  during  a  long  Resi- 
dence in  that  Country,  or  the  Genius,  Manners  and  Customs 
of  the  People  of  United  States.    9  full-page  aquatint  vieivs  in 

J%       colors,  two  vignettes,  and  f\dl-page  plan.    4to,  original  boards, 
'"^  rebacked,  edges  entirely  uncut.  London,  1807 

Very  fine  copy.  The  colored  aquatints  include  views  of 
Boston,  Philadelphia,  Mount  Vernon,  Hell-Gate   (N.  Y.),  &c. 

135.  [JEFFERSON  (THOMAS).]  A  Dialogue,  between 
A  Southern  Delegate,  and  his  Spouse,  on  his  Return  from  the 
Grand  Continental  Congress.  A  Fragment,  inscribed  to  the 
Married  Ladies  of  America,  By  their  most  sincere,  and  affec- 
tionate Friend,  and  Servant,  Mary  V.  V.  Small  8vo,  blue 
polished  calf,  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  Riach. 

[New  York]  :  Printed  in  the  Year,  1774 
This  pamphlet,  which  is  in  verse,  is  supposed  to  have  been 
written  by  Jefferson. 

The  Henry  Stevens-E.  D.  Church  copy,  with  both  bookplates. 

136.  [JEFFERSON  (THOMAS).]  The  Claims  of  Thomas 
Jefferson  to  the  Presidency  examined  at  the  Bar  of  Christian- 
ity By  a  Layman.     (Title  missing.)     54  pp.  8vo,  half  morocco. 

Philadelphia,  1800 
Attributed  to  William  Brown  (Sabin  N-8573),  also  to  Asbury 
Dickins. 

137.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe 
en  la  Nouvelle  France  en  I'annee  1633.  Envoyee  au  R.  P. 
Barth.  Jacquinot  Provincial  de  la  Compagnie  de  Jesus  en  la 
Province  de  France.  Par  le  P.  Paul  le  Jeune  de  la  mesme 
Compagnie,  superieur  de  la  residence  de  Kebec.  Small  Svo,. 
unbound,  in  morocco  slip  case. 

A  Paris:  Chez  Sebastien  Cramoisy,  1634 
First   Edition.     Second  issue,   containing  the  substituted 
matter  on  pp.  225,  226  [125,  126].    Page  3  has  the  cupid  head- 
piece, and  other  points. 

Very  Eare.  This  Eelation  announces  the  arrival  of 
Champlain  and  of  Fathers  Brebeuf  and  Masse  in  Quebec, 
May  22,  1633.  It  relates  also  the  construction  of  the  Chapel 
of  Our  Lady  of  the  "Becouvrance.'^  Le  Jeune  speaks  of  his 
school  where  are  over  20  Indian  Children,  whose  attainments  in 
scholarship  are  described.  The  work  also  contains  interesting 
details  on  the  language  of  the  Indians. 

The  present  copy  has  the  title  cropped  at  top  and  some  head- 
lines are  cut  into.    A-04:  in  eights. 

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138.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est 
passe 'en  la  Nouvelle  France,  en  I'anne'e  1634.  Enuoyee  au 
R.  Pere  Provincial  de  la  Compagnie  de  lesus  el  la  Prouince 
de  France.  Par  le  P.  Paul  le  leune  de  la  mesme  Compagnie, 
Superieur  de  la  residence  de  Kebec.  Small  8vo,  original  vel- 
lum, with  ties.  A  Paris :  Chez  Sebastien  Cramoisy,  1635 

First  Edition.  Second  issue,  with  the  page  numbers  66, 
67,  70  and  71  correctly  numbered,  and  the  two  paragraphs  on 
pp.  326  and  327  wrongly  placed. 

This  Eelation  contains  an  account  of  Champlain's  domestic 
life;  labors  of  the  missionaries  and  habits  of  the  Indians  and 
in  Chapter  XI  an  account  of  their  languages;  also  Le  Jeune's 
journal  from  August,  1633,  to  April,  1634,  while  he  was  living 
with  the  Indians.  Fine  copy,  2  leaves  without  signature  marks; 
A-Y4  in  eights,  last  leaf  genuine  blank.     Very  Bare. 

139.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe 
en  la  Nouvelle  France,  en  I'annee  1634.  Small  8vo,  original 
vellum  (writing  on  title). 

A  Paris:  Chez  Sebastien  Cramoisy,  1635 

Second  Edition,  in  which  the  paragraphs  on  pp.  326  and 
327,  misplaced  in  the  First  Edition,  are  here  correctly  placed, 
and  the  leaf  of  Privilege  is  placed  at  the  end.  This  is  a  reprint 
of  the  Third  Issue  of  the  First  Edition,  with  some  of  the  words 
on  the  title-page  in  smaller  type  than  in  the  First  Edition; 
some  differences  of  accentuation,  and  the  native  Indian  words 
uniformly  set  in  italics,  instead  of  mixed  roman  and  italics. 
On  the  fly-leaf  is  the  inscription:  "NoMUBomineB.  Sebastiane 
Bu  Baffelie  J.  v.  Bort.  Sonius  in  Chro.  Carol.  Saurin."  Two 
leaves  without  signature-marks,  A-Y4  in  eights,  with  genuine 
blank  leaves  at  front  and  end. 


140.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
en  la  Nuvvelle  France  en  I'Anne'e  1639.  Enuoyee  au  R.  Pere 
Provincial  de  la  Compagnie  de  Jesus  en  la  Prouince  de  Prance. 
Par  le  P.  Paul  Le  Jeune,  de  la  mesme  Compagnie,  Superieur 
de  la  Residence  de  Kebec.  Small  8vo,  original  limp  vellum, 
gilt  edges.  A  Paris :  Chez  Sebastien  Cramoisy,  1640 

The  very  rare  First  Edition,  with  the  variations  in  spelling, 
etc.,  from  the  Second  Edition.  In  this  edition  the  Privilege  is 
signed  ''Par  le  Boy  en  Conseil,"  and  in  the  Second  "Par  le 
Boy  en  son  Conseil."  This  Relation,  although  bearing  the 
name  of  Le  Jeune  as  author,  on  the  title-page,  is  really  by  two 
writers,  and  is  in  two  parts.  Part  I.  is  by  Le  Jeune,  and  re- 
lates chiefly  to  the  work  on  the  St.  Lawrence,  and  in  it  will  be 
found  a  detailed  description  of  the  foundation  of  the  Ursuline 
convent  at  Quebec  by  Madame  de  la  Peltrie,  and  the  arrival  of 
the  nuns  (August  1,  1639).  The  Second  Part  is  by  Father 
Jerome  Lalemant,  and  contains  the  Huron  report.  It  enume- 
rates the  priests  who  are  laboring  among  the  Hurons,  describes 
their  occupations,  their  plan  of  work  and  their  intentions  for 
the  future.  A  description  is  also  given  of  the  various  feasts, 
dances  and  other  superstitious  ceremonies  of  the  Indians.  Colla- 
tion: a  four  leaves;  A-L3  in  eights;  half  title  to  the  second 
part ;  a-18  in  eights,  the  last  leaf  blank  and  genuine. 

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141.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
^n  la  Nowelle  France  en  I'Anne'e  1639.  Enuoyee  an  R. 
Pere  Provincial  de  la  Compagnie  de  lesus  en  la  Prouince  de 
France.  Par  le  L.  Paul  Le  Jeune,  de  la  mesme  Compagnie, 
Superieur  de  la  Residence  de  Kebec.  12mo,  original  vellum 
(title  mounted).  A  Paris:  Chez  Sebastien  Cramoisy,  1640 

The  very  rare  First  Issue  of  the  Second  Edition,  un- 
known to  Harrisse  (Nouvelle  France,  No.  75),  with  variations 
in  spelling  and  pagination  from  the  First  Edition.  The  Church 
copy.  Collation:  a2-a4;  A-L3  in  eights;  half  title  to  the  Second 
Part;  a- 18  in  eights. 

142.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  Passe' 
en  la  Nowelle  France,  es  anne'es  1640.  et  1641.  Enuoyee  au 
R.  Pere  Prouincial  de  la  Compagnie  de  lesus,  de  la  Prouince 
de  France.  Par  le  Barthelemy  Vimont  de  la  mesme  Com- 
pagnie, Superieur  de  la  Residence  de  Kebec.  Small  8vo,  full 
crimson  levant  morocco,  gilt  edges,  by  Stikeman. 

A  Paris :  Ches  Sebastien  Cramoisy,  1642 
First  Issue  of  the  Only  Edition.  Although  the  name  of 
Father  Vimont  is  on  the  title,  his  part  seems  to  have  been  that 
only  of  a  nominal  editor.  Part  I  is  by  Father  Le  Jeune,  ad- 
dressed to  the  Provincial,  and  carried  by  Le  Jeune  personally 
to  France;  Part  II  (on  the  Huron  mission)  is  addressed  directly 
to  the  Provincial  by  Father  Jerome  Lalemant.  In  the  first  part 
is  described  the  work  of  the  Ursulines,  who  not  only  teach  the 
French  girls  of  the  Colony,  but  have  also  a  little  seminary  of 
young  Indian  girls;  the  progress  of  affairs  at  St.  Joseph  de 
Sillery,  the  new  settlement  of  Indian  converts,  a  detailed  ac- 
count of  various  conversions,  etc.  At  the  end  of  Part  II  is  a 
specimen  of  the  Huron  language,  accompanied  by  a  French 
translation. 

A  choice  copy,    a  four  leaves;  A-04  in  eights;  a-g4  in  eights. 

143.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
en  la  Nowelle  France  en  I'annee  1642.  Enuoyee  au  R.  P.  lean 
Filleav  Prouincial  de  la  Compagnie  de  lesus  en  la  Prouince 
de  France.  Par  le  R.  P.  Barthelemy  Vimont  de  la  mesme 
Compagnie,  Superieur  de  la  Residence  de  Kebec.  Small  8vo, 
original  vellum.  A  Paris :  Chez  Sebastien  Cramoisy,  1643 

The  Only  Edition,  Second  issue  of  the  First  Pakt,  and 
First  issue  of  the  Second  Part,  with  the  word  "entre- 
predre^'  p.  133,  line  16.  In  the  second  issue  this  word  appeared 
"  entreperdre. "  The  First  Part  of  this  Relation  is  by  Father 
Vimont,  who  dates  it  October  4,  1642;  contains  accounts  of  the 
founding  of  Montreal;  capture  of  Father  Jogues,  etc.  The 
Second  Part,  the  Huron  Report,  is  by  Father  Lalemant,  dated 
Ste.  Marie,  in  the  Huron  Country,  June  10,  1642.  a  four  leaves; 
A-M8  in  eights;  A-L4  in  eights,  with  genuine  blank  leaves  at 
front  and  end. 

144.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
en  la  Nowelle  France  e's  anne'es  1643,  &  1644.  Enuoyee  au 
R.  P.  lean  Filleav,  Prouincial  de  la  Compagnie  de  lesus,  en  la 
Prouince  de  France.  Par  le  R.  P.  Barthelemy  Vimont,  de  la 
mesme  Compagnie,  Superieur  de  toute  la  Mission.     Small  8vo, 

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Chambolle-Duru. 

A  Paris :  Chez  Sebastien  et  Gabriel  Cramoisy,  1645 
First  Issue  of  the  Sole  Edition.  This  Eelation  is  in  two 
parts,  the  first  containing  the  usual  survey  by  Father  Vimont, 
dated  Quebec,  September  5,  1644;  the  second  by  Father  Lale- 
mant,  is  devoted  to  the  Huron  mission,  and  covers  two  years, 
1642-1644.  This  last  report  is  preceded  by  a  letter  of  Father 
Vimont  to  his  Provincial,  dat^d  Quebec,  September  1,  1644,  in 
which  he  tells  him  that  the  first  copy,  which  the  Huron  Fathers 
had  forwarded  to  him,  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  Iroquois.  The 
present,  which  is  the  Church  copy,  agrees  with  the  Bancroft 
copy,  except  on  p.  67,  lines  22-24,  where  it  agrees  with  the 
Lamoignon  copy.  In  choice  state,  a  four  leaves;  A-Q8  in 
eights:  a  two  leaves;  Aa-Kk2  in  eights. 

145.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
en  la  Novvelle  France,  es  Annees  1644.  &  1645.  envoyee  av  R. 
Pere  Prouincial  de  la  Compagnie  de  lesiis  en  la  Prouince  de 
France.  Par  le  P.  Barthelemy  Vimont  de  la  mesme  Com- 
pagnie, Superieur  de  la  Residence  de  Kebec.  Small  8vo,  origi- 
nal vellum  (writing  on  title). 

A  Paris :  Chez  Sebastien  et  Gabriel  Cramoisy,  1646 
Only  Edition.  Very  raee.  This  Eelation  consists  of  only 
one  part  (dated  at  Quebec,  October  1,  1645),  written  by  Father 
Vimont.  He  announces  the  peace,  just  concluded  with  the 
dreaded  Iroquois,  and  the  concession  of  the  fur  trade  to  the 
inhabitants  of  the  country  by  the  Company  of  New  France  and 
the  Montreal  Associates  respectively.  Much  space  is  devoted 
to  the  behavior  of  the  Christian  Indians.  The  Eelation  is 
supplemented  by  a  letter  from  Father  Lalemant,  dated  in  the 
Huron  country,  May  15,  1645,  concerning  that  mission.  Very 
fine  copy.  Collation:  a  four  leaves,  with  a4  genuine  blank; 
A-M4  in  eights.     The  Gallatin-Church  copy. 

146.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
de  plus  remarqvable  es  Missions  des  Peres  de  la  Compagnie  de 
lesus,  en  la  Novvelle  France,  es  annees  1645.  &  1646.  Enuoyee 
au  R.  P.  Prouincial  de  la  Prouince  de  France.  Par  le  Su- 
perieur des  Missions  de  la  mesme  Compagnie.  Small  8vo, 
original  vellum. 

A  Paris :  Chez  Sebastien  et  Gabriel  Cramoisy,  1647 
Only  Edition,  "  Tapoue  Nama'^  Issue,  with  the  words 
'^Tapoue  Nama"  on  p.  176,  line  10.  This  Eelation  contains 
a  report  on  the  establishment  of  missions  among  the  Iroquois; 
the  Journal  of  Father  Joques  among  the  Mohawks;  and  the 
Huron  report  of  Eagueneau,  May  1645  to  May  1646.  The 
work  is  divided  into  two  parts,  the  best  being  by  Father 
Lalemant,  who  was  appointed  the  successor  of  Father  Vimont 
as  Superior  of  the  Jesuit  order  in  Canada  in  1646;  the  second, 
the  Huron  report  being  by  Father  Eagueneau,  who  succeeded 
Father  Lalemant.  a  four  leaves;  A-M4  in  eights;  a-h8  in 
eights,  with  genuine  blank  leaves  at  front  and  end.     Fine  copy. 

147.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
de  plus  remarqvable  es  Missions  des  Peres  de  la  Compagnie  de 
lesus,   en  la  Novvelle  France,   svr  le   Grand   Flevve   se   S. 

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Lavrens  en  rannee  1647.  Enuoyee  au  K.  P.  Prouincial  de  la 
Prouince  de  France.  Par  le  Superieur  des  Missions  de  la 
mesme  Compagnie.  Small  8vo,  original  vellum  (writing  on 
title).  A  Paris:  Chez  Sebastien  et  Gabriel  Cramoisy,  1648 

The  Second,  or  "Flewe  de"  Issue,  so  designated  by  the 
arrangement  of  the  foregoing  words  on  the  8th  and  9th  lines 
of  the  title.  This  Relation,  written  by  Father  Lalemant,  as 
Superior,  and  dated  October  20,  1647,  contains  a  report  on  the 
mission  of  Joques  among  the  Mohawks,  the  renewed  incur- 
sions OF  THE  treacherous  IrOQUOIS  INTO  CANADA,  ESPECIALLY 
THEIR  MURDER  OF  FATHER  JoQUES  and  his  Companions,  and  their 
successes  against  the  Algonquins,  which  enabled  them  to  block 
the  upper  rivers  against  access  in  either  direction.  The  Barlow 
copy.  Collation:  a  four  leaves;  A-R4  in  eights;  S  seven  leaves, 
with  genuine  blank  leaves  at  front  and  end. 

148.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe ^ 
de  plvs  remarqvable  es  Missions  des  Peres  de  la  Compagnie  de 
lesvs,  en  la  Nowelle  France,  es  annees  1647.  &  1648.  Evnoyee 
au  R.  P.  Prouincial  de  la  Prouince  de  France.  Par  le  Su- 
perieur des  Missions  de  la  mesme  Compagnie.  Small  8vo, 
original  calf,  carmine  edges. 

A  Paris :  Chez  Sebastien  et  Gabriel  Cramoisy,  1649 
Only  Edition.     This  Eelation  consists  of  two  parts.    Part  I, 
containing  ten  chapters,  is  the  usual  general  report  of  affairs 
on  the  Lower  St.  Lawrence,  from  Father  Lalemant,  as  Superior, 
to  Father   Estienne   Charlet,  the  Provincial  of  the   Society  in 
^  France,  and  it  is  dated,  Quebec,  October  15,  1648.     The  second 

part,  divided  into  seventeen  chapters,  treats  of  the  Huron 
mission,  and  is  by  Father  Paul  Eagueneau,  who  writes  from  the 
Huron  country  under  the  date  of  April  16,  1648.  He  gives,  too, 
a  description  of  the  mission  to  the  Algonquin  tribes  dwelling 
about  Lake  Huron.  These  tribes  are  enumerated,  and  incident- 
ally is  given  an  account  of  the  other  great  lakes,  making  what 

IS,  APPARENTLY,  THE  FIRST  WRITTEN  MENTION  OF  LAKE  SUPERIOR 

BY  THAT  NAME,  and  of  the  tribes  that  dwell  upon  the  shores. 
It  also  contains  the  first  reference  to  Niagara  Falls,  though 
not  mentioning  it  by  name.  Fine  copy,  a  four  leaves;  A-K8 
in  eights,  last  leaf  genuine  blank;  Aa-Ii4  in  eights. 

149.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
en  la  Mission  des  Peres  de  la  Compagnie  de  lesvs  aux  Hurons, 
pays  de  la  Xouuelle  France,  es  annees  1648.  &  1649.  Enuoyee 
av  R.  P.  Hierosme  Lalemant,  Superieur  des  Missions  de  la 
Compagnie  de  lesvs,  en  la  Nouuelle  France.  Par  le  P.  Paul 
Racveneav,  de  la  mesme  Compagnie.  Pour  le  faire  tenir  au 
R.  P.  Prouincial  de  la  mesme  Compagnie.  Small  8vo,  original 
vellum.       A  Paris :  Chez  Sebastien  et  Gabriel  Cramoisy,  1650 

The  very  rare  Original  Edition,  with  vignette  on  title,  3 
,  preliminary    leaves,    and    103    pp.      The    prefatory    epistle    of 

Eagueneau  is  dated  May  1,  1649,  and  that  of  Hierosme  Lale- 
mant, which  follows,  September  8,  1649.  This  Relation  con- 
tains an  account  of  the  murder  of  Fathers  Jean  de  Brebeuf 
and  Gabriel  Lalem.ant  by  the  Hurons,  and  ends  with  an  epistle 
from  I.  M.  Chaumont,  dated  *'De  I'lsle  S.  Joseph,  June  1, 
1649.'*  Inscription  on  title  "Colleg.  Nem.  Sodet.  Jesu  Cat. 
Inscr.'*  Fine  copy.  Collation:  a  four  leaves,  first  leaf  genuine 
blank;  A-G4  in  eights,  with  genuine  blank  leaf  at  the  end. 

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150.  JESUIT  EELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe* 
en  la  Mission  des  Peres  de  la  Compagnie  de  lesvs  aux  Hurons, 
pays  de  la  Nouuelle  France,  es  annees  1648.  &  1649.,  etc. 
Small  8vo,  new  vellum. 

A  Paris :  Chez  Sebastien  et  Gabriel  Cramoisy,  1650 
V  Second  Edition.     This  issue  has  a  typographical  ornament 

on  the  title,  two  preliminary  leaves,  and  116  pp.  The  matter 
of  this  edition,  though  entirely  reset,  agrees  page  for  page  and 
line  for  line  with  the  First  Edition  as  far  as  p.  103,  on  the 
verso  of  which  begin  additional  news,  brought  by  a  later 
vessel  from  Canada,  of  the  fortune  of  the  Huron  mission.  Fine 
copy,    a  two  leaves;  A-H3  in  eights,  last  leaf  genuine  blank. 

151.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
en  la  Mission  des  Peres  de  la  Compagnie  de  lesvs,  aux  Huros, 
&  aux  pais  plus  bas  de  la  Nouuelle  France,  depuis  I'Este  de 
Tannee  1649.  jusques  a  I'Este  de  I'annee  1650.  Enuoyee  av 
R.  P.  Claude  de  Lingendes  Prouincial  de  la  Compagnie  de 
lesvs  en  la  Prouince  de  France.  Par  le  R.  P.  Paul  Ragve- 
neav,  Superieur  des  Missions  de  la  Compagnie  de  lesvs  en  la 
Nouuelle  France.  Small  Svo,  half  calf  (contemporary  writ- 
ing on  title). 

A  Paris:  Chez  Sebastien  et  Gabriel  Cramoisy,  1651 
The  very  rake  First  Edition,  with  the  tail-piece  of  fruits 
on  p.  171,  and  178  pp.  (wrongly  numbered  187).  This  Eelation 
is  entirely  written  by  the  Superior,  Eagueneau,  dated  at  Quebec, 
Sept.  1,  1650;  it  is  supplemented  by  a  letter  by  Jerome  Lale- 
mant,  apparently  soon  after  his  arrival  in  France.  This  rela- 
tion contains  an  account  of  the  removal  of  the  Huron  Christians 
from  their  ruined  country  to  the  more  sheltered  vicinity  of  the 
French  settlements;  further  accounts  of  the  Huron  missions; 
the  murders  of  Fathers  Garnier  and  Noel  Chabanel;  the  de- 
struction of  the  Hurons  by  the  Iroquois,  etc.  Fine  clean  copy, 
with  book  label,  ' '  Bibliotheque  de  M.  I'Abbe  H.  A.  Verreau. " 
Collation:  a  two  leaves;  A-L8  in  eights;  M  two  leaves,  the  last 
being  the  leaf  of  Privilege. 

152.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
de  plus  remarqvable  es  Missions  des  Peres  de  la  Compagnie 
de  lesvs.  en  la  Novvelle  France,  es  annees  1650.  &  1651. 
Enuoyee  au  R.  P.  Provincial  de  la  Prouince  de  France.  Par 
le  P.  Paul  Ragveneav,  Superieur  des  Missions  de  la  mesme 
Compagnie.     Small  8vo,  original  vellum. 

A  Paris:  Chez  Sebastien  et  Gabriel  Cramoisy,  1652 
Only  Edition.  This  Relation  is  a  brief  account  in  three 
short  chapters  of  the  reports  from  the  several  missions,  written 
by  Ragueneau.  This  is  followed  by  a  journal  and  letter  by 
Buteux.  Ragueneau 's  introductory  letter  is  dated  Quebec,  Oct. 
28,  1651.  In  his  opening  chapter  he  describes  the  condition  of 
the  French  settlements,  "which  would  be  an  earthly  paradise 
for  both  the  savages  and  the  French,  were  it  not  for  the  terror 
of  the  Iroquois."  Rare.  Two  leaves  without  signatures;  A-H8 
in  eights;  I  and  K  each  four  leaves;  L  two  leaves,  the  last 
being  leaf  of  Permission;  genuine  blank  leaves  at  front  and 
end. 

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153.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
en  la  mission  des  peres  de  la  Compagnie  de  lesvs,  av  pays  de 
la  Nowelle  France,  depuis  I'Ete  de  I'annee  1651.  jusques  a 
I'Ete  de  I'annee  1652.  Enuoyee  R.  P.  Prouincial  de  la 
Prouince  de  France.  Par  le  Superieur  des  Missions  de  la 
mesme  Compagnie.    Small  8vo,  old  calf. 

A  Paris:  Chez  Sebastien  et  Gabriel  Cramoisy,  1653 

Sole  Edition,  Third  Issue,  corresponding  with  the  copy 
known  as  ''Harvard  (2)"  in  the  variations  of  spelling  on 
pp.  87,  90  and  100.  Eagueneau's  Introductory  Epistle  to  the 
Provincial,  recounting  the  death  of  Jacques  Buteux,  covers 
pp.  1-9,  and  is  dated:  "De  Kebec,  ce  4.  d'Octobre  1652.'' 
Chapter  IX  gives  an  account  of  War  with  the  Iroquois ;  the  life 
and  death  of  Mother  Marie  de  Saint  Joseph,  written  by  Mother 
Marie  de  I'lncarnation,  begins  on  p.  129  and  not  on  p.  126  as 
called  for  in  the  table  of  chapters,  and  occupies  the  remainder 
of  the  volume.    CoUation:  a,  four  leaves;  A-N4  in  eights. 


154.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
en  la  Mission  des  Peres  de  la  Compagnie  de  lesvs,  av  pays  de 
la  Nowelle  France,  Depuis  I'Ete  de  I'Annee  1652.  iusques  a 
I'Ete  de  I'Annee  1653.  Enuoyee  au  R.  P.  Prouincial  de  la 
Prouince  de  France.  Par  le  Superieur  des  Missions  de  la 
mesme  Compagnie.     Small  8vo,  new  vellum. 

A  Paris :  Chez  Sebastien  et  Gabriel  Cramoisy,  1654 

Sole  Edition,  Second  Issue,  with  the  slight  corrections  in 
.  text  on  pp.  132  and  159.     This  Kelation  by  Francois  le  Mercier 

^  tells  of  the  capture  by  an  English  vessel  of  the  ship  on  which 

was  conveyed  Father  Du  Peron  and  the  Canadian  mail  to 
France.  Many  of  the  papers  were  lost  and  consequently  the 
relation  of  this  year  is  not  complete.  Accounts  of  Montreal, 
which  was  organized  as  a  colony  this  same  year;  Three  Rivers; 
the  capture  of  Pere  Poucet  by  the  Mohawks;  Fort  Orange,  and 
the  Treaty  of  Peace  with  the  Iroquois.    Fine  copy.    Collation: 

'  a,  2  leaves;  A-L8  in  eights;  M,  two  leaves;  N,  four  leaves,  N3 

being  the  leaf  of  Privilege,  and  N4  the  leaf  of  Permission. 


155.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  des  Missions  des  PP. 
de  la  Compagnie  de  lesvs  Dans  les  Isles,  &  dans  la  terre  ferme 
de  I'Amerique  Meridionale.  Divise'e  en  devx  parties:  Avec 
une  Introduction  a  la  langue  des  Galibas  Sauuages  de  la  terre 
ferme  de  I'Amerique.  Par  le  Pere  Pierre  Pelleprat,  de  la 
Compagnie  de  lesvs.     Small  8vo,  original  vellum. 

A  Paris :  Chez  Sebastien  et  Gabriel  Cramoisy,  1655 

Sole  Edition,  and  one  of  the  most  valuable  of  the  Jesuit 

^  Eelations,  giving  an  account  of  the  labors  of  the  Order  in  the 

/  ^'7^'^^  French  islands  and  in  Guiana.     The  author  was  sent  as  a  mis- 

'    f   f     "^  sionary  to   the  West  Indies  in  1639.     The  work  is  especially 

prized*  for  its  introduction  to  the  language  of  the  Galibas,  a 

tribe  of   savages   of  the  mainland,  which   fills  the   last  thirty 

pages  of  the  work.    This  latter  work,  which  has  a  separate  title 

and  pagination,  is  sometimes  found  separately.     Collation:   a, 

eight  leaves ;  A-F ;  A-H ;  A-B8  in  eights.     The  Church  copy. 

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156.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
en  la  Mission  des  peres  de  la  Compagnie  de  lesvs,  en  la 
Nowelle  France,  es  annees  1653.  &  1654.  Enuoyee  au  R.  P. 
Nicolas  Royon,  Prouincial  de  la  Prouince  de  France.  Par 
le  R.  P.  FranQois  le  Mercier,  Superieur  des  Missions  de  la 
mesme  Compagnie.    Small  8vo,  original  vellum. 

A  Paris:  Chez  Sebastien  et  Gabriel  Cramoisy,  1655 

Sole  Edition,  Second  Issue.  Signature-marks  on  Eij  and 
Eiiij  have  been  corrected  from  Dij  and  Diiij  [Eiij  is  still  Diij]. 
This  Relation  was  wholly  written  by  Father  Le  Mercier,  with 
the  exception  of  the  last  chapter,  which  is  an  epitome  of  infor- 
mation on  Canadian  matters  received  by  the  Paris  editor  from 
other  sources.  The  Superior  mentions  the  success  of  Father 
Le  Moyne's  recent  journey  to  the  Iroquois  Country,  and  the 
consequent  opening  for  a  mission  there,  and  he  asks  that  six 
more  Fathers  be  sent  to  Canada.  The  Gallatin-Church  copy. 
A,  two  leaves;  A-L6  in  eights  [lacks  M,  2  leaves — leaves  of 
Privilege  and  Permission].  Both  the  N.  Y.  State  Library  and 
the  Ayer  Library  copies  lack  this  leaf. 


157.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
en  la  mission  des  peres  de  la  Compagnie  de  lesvs,  av  pays  de 
la  Nowelle  France,  es  Annees  1655.  &  1656.  Enuoyees  au 
R.  P.  Louys  Cellot,  Prouincial  de  la  Compagnie  de  lesvs,  en  la 
Prouince  de  France.  Small  8vo,  vellum  (small  piece  torn 
from  margin  of  title). 

A  Paris :  Chez  Sebastien  et  Gabriel  Cramoisy,  1657 

Sole  Edition.  This  Eelation  is  by  Father  Jean  de  Quen,  in 
the  absence  of  his  Superior  (Le  Mercier)  at  the  Onondaga 
mission  recently  begun  by  the  Jesuits.  This  enterprise  consti- 
tutes the  main  subject-matter  of  the  Relation.  A  prefatory 
note  by  De  Quen  outlines  the  chief  events  of  the  year,  among 
which  are  Le  Moyne's  second  voyage  to  the  Mohawk  country, 
his  visits  to  the  Dutch  settlement  at  Fort  Orange,  the  embassy 
of  Fathers  Dablon  and  Chaumonot  to  the  Onondagas,  etc.  In 
this  Relation  will  also  be  found  an  interesting  description  of 
many  superstitious  rites  of  the  Onondaga  Indians  and  their 
annual  ceremonies  in  preparation  for  war.  Four  leaves  without 
signature-marks,  the  first  blank  and  genuine;  A-L4  in  eights. 
The  Barlow-Church  copy. 

158.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
de  plus  remarqvable  aux  Missions  des  Peres  de  la  Compagnie 
de  lesvs,  en  la  Nowelle  France,  es  annees  mil  six  cens  cin- 
quante  six  &  mil  six  cens  ciquante  sept.     Small  8vo,  vellum. 

A  Paris :  Chez  Sebastien  et  Gabriel  Cramoisy,  1658 

Sole  Edition.  This  Relation  is  prefaced  by  a  short  letter  to 
the  Provincial  from  Le  Jeune,  procurator  in  France  for  the 
Canadian  missions.  He  writes  of  the  capture  by  the  Spaniards 
of  the  ship  by  which  the  ' '  Relation ' '  was  sent  and  that  all  the 
letters  on  board  were  thrown  into  the  sea.  The  report  of  this 
year  deals  with  the  work  begun  among  the  Iroquois  tribes  and 
gives  great  promise  of  success.  Six  preliminary  leaves;  A-02 
in  eights;  genuine  blank  end  leaves. 

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159.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
de  plus  remarqvable  avx  missions  des  P  P.  de  la  Compagnie  de 
lesvs  en  la  Nowelle  France,  es  annees  1657.  &  1658.  Small 
8vo,  original  vellum  (stamp  on  title). 

A  Paris:  Chez  Sebastien  et  Gabriel  Cramoisy,  1659 

Sole  Edition.  This  Relation  contains  two  letters  by  Rague- 
neau,  beginning  respectively  on  pages  6  and  22,  the  first  dated 
''De  Quebec  ce  21.  d'Aoust  1658."  There  are  accounts  of  the 
abandonment  of  the  French  settlements  at  Onondaga;  Journal, 
1655  to  1658,  dated  ''De  la  Nouvelle  Hollande  le  25  Mars 
1658,"  and  signed  "Simon  Le  Moine";  routes  to  Hudson  Bay, 
and  a  comparison  of  savage  and  European  customs.  Ex  libris 
" Bibliotheque  de  M.  l'abb§  H.  A.  Verreau. "  a,  four  leaves; 
A-I4  in  eights. 


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160.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ee  qvi  s'est  passe' 
de  plus  remarqvable  avx  missions  des  peres  de  la  Compagnie 
de  lesvs,  en  la  Nowelle  France,  es  annees  mil  six  cent  sin- 
quante  neuf  &  mil  six  cent  soixante.  Enuoye  au  R.  P.  Clavde 
Bovcher.  Prouincial  de  la  Prouince  de  France.  Small  8vo, 
full  wine-colored  morocco,  gilt  edges,  with  the  arms  of  James 
Lenox  on  sides  (library  stamp  on  verso  of  title). 

A  Paris :  Chez  Sebastien  Cramoisy,  1661 

'J  Sole  Edition.     This  Relation,   although  not  signed  by  the 

^  writer,  is  accredited  to  Lalemant  as  Superior  of  the  Canadian 

missions.  The  writer  sketches  the  history,  character  and  politi- 
cal condition  of  the  Iroquois  tribes,  and  compares  the  prosperous 
and  peaceful  conditions  in  old  France  with  the  discouraging 
aspect  of  affairs  in  the  new  France.  One  of  the  chapters  relates 
to  the  Algonquin  tribes  who  had  fled  westward  from  the 
Iroquois.  An  interesting  occurrence  mentioned  is  the  almost 
total  suppression  of  drunkenness  amongst  the  Indians,  through 
the  efforts  of  Father  Laval.  Very  rare.  The  James  Lenox 
copy.  Four  preliminary  leaves,  without  sig.  marks;  A-N4  in 
eights,  genuine  blank  leaves  at  front  and  end. 


161.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
de  plvs  remarqvable  avx  missions  des  peres  de  la  Compagnie 
de  lesvs,  en  la  Nowelle  France,  es  annees  1660.  &  1661. 
Enuoyee  au  R.  P.  Prouincial  de  la  Prouince  de  France.  Small 
8vo,  original  vellum.  A  Paris :  Chez  Sebastien  Cramoisy,  1662 

Sole  Edition.     This  Eolation  is  prefaced  by  an  urgent  and 
eloquent  appeal  to  the  King  of  France  for  aid  to  Canada;  this 
^  is  signed  by  Father  Le  Jeune,  Paris  agent  of   the  Canadian 

missions,  who  is  apparently  the  edito  rof  the  publication.  The 
opening  chapter  contains  a  sad  account  of  the  wretched  con- 
dition into  which  the  French  colony  has  been  reduced  by  the 
Iroquois.  In  the  third  chapter  is  contained  a  journal,  probably 
written  by  Dablon,  of  the  first  voyage  towards  the  North  Sea, 
in  which  is  given  an  account  of  the  mission  to  the  Cree  tribes. 
The  last  chapter  relates  to  Le  Moyne's  mission  to  Onondaga, 
to  procure  the  release  of  the  French  captives  there.  Good  copy. 
Eare.  Collation:  a,  four  leaves;  A-04  in  eights;  genuine 
blanks  at  beginning  and  end. 

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162.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est 
passe'  de  plus  remarqvable  avx  missions  des  peres  de  la  Com- 
pagnie  de  lesvs,  en  la  Novvelle  France,  es  annees  1661.  &  1662. 
Enuoyee  an  R.  P.  Andre  Castillon,  Prouincial  de  la  Prouince 

'   de  France.     Small  8vo,  original  vellum. 

A  Paris:  Chez  Sebastien  Cramoisy  et  Sebast.  Mabre- 
Cramoisy,  1663 

Sole  Edition.    This  Eelation  contains  the  usual  letter,  dated 
at  Kebec,  Sept.  18,  1662,  with  accounts  of  disputes  with  two  of 
the  Five  Nations;  murder  of  Vignal;  Le  Moyne's  winter  among 
y|^  ^  the  Senecas ;  and  the  release  of  eighteen  French  prisoners. 

^         r  The  volume  gives  one  of  the  most  interesting  accounts  fur- 

nished by  the  Jesuits  concerning  the  manners  of  the  North 
American  Indians.  Collation:  a,  four  leaves;  A-H4  in  eights; 
genuine  front  and  end  leaves.     The  Church  copy. 

163.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
de  plvs  remarqvable  avx  missions  des  peres  De  la  Compagnie 
de  lesvs  en  la  NoweDe  France,  es  annees  1662.  &  1663. 
Enouyee  au  R.  P.  Andre  Castillon,  Prouincial  de  la  Prouince 
de  France.    Small  8vo,  original  vellum. 

A  Paris:  Chez  Sebastien  Cramoisy  et  Sebast.  Mabre- 
Cramoisy,  1664 

Sole  Edition.    This  Eelation  was  written  by  Father  Jerome 

Lalemant.     It  contains  descriptions  of  the  reverses  sustained 

by   the   Iroquois   at  the   hands   of   the   Algonquins   and   other 

tribes;  of  the  notable  earthquake  of  1663  which  was  preceded 

j,  by  mysterious  aerial  phenomena;   and  of  the  death  of  Father 

f  Menard.    At  the  end  is  an  account  of  the  St.  Lawrence  Valley, 

^""^  written   by   some   one    commissioned   to    examine    the   country. 

This   is   the   only   one   of   the   Eelations    published   by 

Cramoisy  which  has  a  half-title,    a  eight  leaves;  A-K8  in 

eights.    Eare.     The  Church  copy. 

164.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
de  plus  remarqvable  avx  Missions  des  Peres  de  la  Compagnie 
de  lesvs,  en  la  Novvelle  France,  es  annees  1663.  &  1664. 
Enuoyee  au  R.  P.  Provincial  de  la  Prouince  de  France.  Small 
8vo,  half  calf  (inscriptions  on  title). 

A  Paris :  Chez  Sebastien  et  Seljast.  Mabre-Cramoisy,  1665 

Sole  Edition.  This  Eelation  gives  an  account  of  the  missions 

among  the  Hurons,  Algonquins  and  the  Five  Nations;   relates 

wars  of  the  Mohawks,  and  the  Mohegans  and  the  Abenaquis. 

T|}  There  is  also  an  account  of  the  Iroquois  Embassy  to  the  French, 

^     -^"^  with  the  object  of  uniting  the  French  and  Iroquois  into  one 

nation.     The  author  discusses  the  motives  of  the  Indians  and 

relates  the  course  of  the  embassy,  its  disastrous  ending,  and  its 

consequences.  From  the  library  of  the  Abbe  Verreau.  Collation: 

a  four  leaves,  A-k8  in  eights,  L  and  M,  four  leaves  each. 

165.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe* 
en  la  Novvelle  France,  es  annees  1664.  &  1665.  Envoyee  au 
R.  P.  Provincial  de  la  Province  de  France.  Small  8vo,  half 
calf  (title  repaired  and  some  corners  mouse-gnawed). 

f  A  Paris:  Chez  Sebastien  et  Sebast.  Mabre-Cramoisy,  1666 

'  Sole  Edition,  First  Issue,  which  did  not  contain  the  Letter 

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of  the  Mother  Superior.  This  Relation,  by  Francois  Le  Mercier, 
the  new  Canadian  Superior,  relates  the  circumstances  connected 
with  Tracy's  commision  to  visit  all  the  French  possessions  in 
America,  the  erection  of  three  new  forts  on  the  Richelieu  River, 
ordered  by  Tracy;  Nouvel's  second  journey  to  Lake  Mani- 
kouagan,  etc.  Chapter  10  is  devoted  to  two  comets  which  were 
visible  at  Quebec  in  the  winter  of  1664-65,  with  scientific  obser- 
vation. From  the  library  of  the  Abbe  Verreau.  a  six  leaves; 
A-H8  in  eights. 

166.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
de  plvs  remarqvable  avx  missions  des  Peres  de  la  Compagnie 
de  lesvs,  en  la  Nowelle  France,  aus  annees  mil  six  cent 
soixante  cinq,  &  mil  six  cent  soixante  six.  Envoyee  an  R.  F. 
lacques  Bordier  Provincial  de  la  Province  de  France.  Small 
8vo,  original  marbled  wrappers,  in  morocco  case. 

A  Paris :  Chez  Sebastien  et  Sebast.  Mabre-Cramoisy,  1667 
Sole  Edition,  First  Issue,  containing  the  Letter  of  the 
Mother  Superior,  called  for  in  the  Table  of  Contents.  This 
Relation  contains  an  account  of  Courcelle  's  expedition,  January, 
1666,  against  the  Oneidas  and  Mohawks;  De  Tracy's  interview 
with  Garocontie,  and  his  expedition,  September  1666,  against 
the  Mohawks.  Very  fine  copy,  a  four  leaves;  A-C8  in  eights; 
A-A8. 

167.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
de  plvs  remarqvable  avx  missione  des  Peres  de  la  Compagnie 
de  lesvs,  en  la  Nowelle  France,  les  allees  mil  six  cens  soixante 
six,  &  mil  six  cens  soixante  sept.  Enuoyee  an  R.  P.  laqves 
Bordier  Provincial  de  la  Province  de  France.  Small  8vo,  half 
calf  (writing  on  title). 

A  Paris :  Chez  Sebastien  et  Sebast.  Mabre-Cramoisy,  1668 
Sole  Edition,  Second  Issue,  with  the  Letter  of  the  Mother 
Superior,  having  separate  half-title  and  pagination.  This  Re- 
lation contains  Allouez'  journal  of  his  voyage  to  Lake  Superior; 
the  Pottawattomies  and  other  Western  tribes;  the  re-establish- 
ment of  missions  among  the  Five  Nations;  and  Captain  Morel's 
account  of  the  wonders  in  the  Church  of  Ste.  Anne  du  Petit 
Cap.  From  the  library  of  the  Abbe  Verreau.  A  four  leaves; 
A-K8  in  eights;  A  seven  leaves. 

168.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
de  plvs  remarqvable  avx  missions  des  Peres  de  la  Compagnie 
de  lesvs,  en  la  Nowelle  France,  aux  annees  mil  six  cens 
soixante-sept  &  mil  six  cens  soixante-huit.  Envoyee  au  R.  P. 
Estienne  Dechamps  Provincial  de  la  Province  de  France. 
Small  8vo,  half  calf  (front  cover  wanting,  writing  and  book- 
label  on  title).  A  Paris:  Chez  Sebastien  Mabre-Cramoisy,  1669 

First  Edition,  First  Issue.  This  Kelation  contains  an  ac- 
count of  several  missions;  the  drowning  of  Arent  van  Curler; 
a  letter  from  De  Petree,  Bishop  of  Quebec;  and  the  death  of 
Mere  Catherine  de  St.  Augustin. 

There  are  two  copies  which  contain  a  Letter  from  the  Mother 
Superior,  but  the  Relation  is  complete  without  it.  This  is  the 
first  Relation  printed  by  Sebastien  Mabre-Cramoisy,  and  the 
last  with  the  primter's  device  of  storks.  A  four  leaves;  A-06 
in  eights. 

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169.  JESUIT  EELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qvi  s'est  passe' 
de  plvs  remarqvable  avx  missions  des  Peres  de  la  Compagnie 
de  lesvs,  en  la  Novvelle  France,  les  annees  1669.  &  1670. 
Enouyee  au  R.  P.  Estienne  Dechamps  Provincial  de  la  Prov- 
ince de  France.  Small  8vo,  full  crimson  levant  morocco,  gilt 
edges,  a  few  leaves  uncut,  by  Stikeman. 

A  Paris :  Chez  Sebast.  Mabre-Cramoisy,  1671 
Sole  Edition.   This  Relation  gives  an  account  of  the  missions 
to  the  Five  Nations;    the  Mohawk  and  Mohegan   war,   1669; 
Pere  Dablon  's  ' '  Relation  des  Missions  aux  Outaouaks  " ;  a  chap- 
^  ter  on  the  Dutch  beginning  on  p.  145;  Lake  Superior  and  the 

copper-mines  and  a  letter  from  Jacques  Marquette  on  the 
Western  tribes.  The  work  is  prefaced  by  an  undated  letter 
from  Francois  Le  Mercier  to  the  Provincial  in  France  in  which 
he  announces  that  '  *  all  the  Iroquois  nation  is  on  the  eve  of 
embracing  the  Christian  religion."  The  present  copy  has  been 
misbound,  the  contents  appearing  in  the  following  order: 
Letter  of  Le  Mercier,  sig.*  four  leaves;  Relation  des  Missions 
avx  Ovtaovaks.  Collation:  a-g3  in  eights;  Relation,  etc., 
A-V7  in  eights. 

170.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qui  s'est  passe' 
de  plus  remarquable  aux  missions  des  Peres  de  la  Compagnie 
de  Jesus  en  la  Nouvelle  France,  les  annees  1670.  &  1671. 
Envoyee  au  R.  P.  Jean  Pinette  Provincial  de  la  Province  de 
France.     Small  8vo,  original  vellum. 

A  Paris:  Chez  Sebastien  Mabre-Cramoisy,  1672 
^  Sole  Edition.     The  map  which  should  be  in  this  volume  is 

^  wanting.     This  Relation  was  sent  to  the  Provincial  of  France 

by  Father  Claude  d'Ablon,  Superior  of  the  Canadian  missions. 
He  relates  the  recent  extension  of  the  missionary  field  now 
rendered  possible  on  account  of  the  peace  between  the  Iroquois 
and  Ottawas.  Part  2  relates  to  the  missions  among  the  Iroquois, 
and  a  chapter  is  devoted  to  the  character,  manners  and  customs 
of  the  Illinois  Indians,  and  to  the  Mississippi  river  and  valley. 
At  p.  148  begins  an  account  of  mock  suns,  with  a  woodcut 
illustration  on  p.  153.  Collation:  a  eight  leaves;  A-M8  in 
eights. 

171.  JESUIT  RELATION.  Relation  de  ce  qui  s'est  passe' 
de  plus  remarquable  aux  missions  des  Peres  de  la  Compagnie 
de  Jesus,  en  la  Nouvelle  France,  les  annees  1671.  &  1672. 
Envoyee  au  R.  P.  Jean  Pinette  Provincial  de  la  Province  de 
France.  Par  le  R.  P.  Claude  Dablon  Recteur  du  College  de 
Quebec,  &  Superieur  des  Missions  de  la  Compagnie  de  Jesus 
en  la  Nouvelle  France.     Small  8vo,  original  vellum  (writing 

^  on  title).  A  Paris:  Chez  Sebastien  Mabre-Cramoisy,  1673 
Sole  Edition.  The  map  for  this  volume  is  wanting.  This 
Eelation  gives  an  account  of  the  arrival  of  Frontenac;  reports 
of  the  Huron,  Iroquois,  Lower  Algonquin,  and  Hudson  Bay 
missions;  and  the  overland  journey  from  the  Saguenay.  On 
page  207  begins  '  *  La  Sainte  Mort  de  Madame  de  la  Peltrie. ' ' 

With  this  volume  the  regular  publication  of  the  annual  ''Ee- 
lations"  was  discontinued,  but  for  a  number  of  years  after- 
ward they  were  prepared  and  sent  to  the  Provincial  of  the 
Order,  in  Paris.    Collation:  a  eight  leaves;  A-E4  in  eights. 

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SECOND    SESSION 

Tuesday  Evening,  December  II,  1917,  at  8:15  o'clock 

LOTS  172-330 

172.   [JOHNSON    (EDWARD).]       A    History    of    New- 
England  from  the  English  planting  in  the  Yeere  1628,  nntill 
the  Yeere  1652.     Declaring  the  form  of  their  Government, 
Civill,  Military,  and  Ecclesiastique.       Their  Wars  with  the 
Indians,  their  Troubles  with  the  Gortonists,  and  other  Heret- 
iques.     Their  manner  of  gathering  of  Churches,  the  commodi- 
ties of  the  Country,  and  description  of  the  principall  Towns 
and  Havens,  with  the  great  encouragements  to  increase  Trade 
betwixt  them  and  Old  England.     With  the  names  of  all  their 
Governours,  Magistrates  and  eminent  Ministers.     Small  4to, 
contemporary  sheep,  in  a  red  straight-grain  morocco  case. 
London :  Printed  for  Nath.  Brooke,  1654 
The  Original  Edition  of  an  extremely  rarb  book,  and 
one  of  the  most  valued  sources  of  contemporary  New  England 
history. 

The  initials  ''T.  H. "  signed  to  the  preface  gave  reason  to 
suppose  that  the  work  was  that  of  Thomas  Hooker;  but  Ameri- 
can bibliographers  are  now  generally  agreed  that  it  was  writ- 
^  ten  by  Edward  Johnson  of  Woburn.     It  has  sometimes  passed 

/    [^  (J  "^  under  the  name  of  Gorges,  from  the  fact  that  it  was  embodied 

four  years  later  in  ''America  Painted  to  the  Life,"  by  Ferdi- 
nando  Gorges.  A  contemporary  newspaper  advertisement  has 
been  found,  however,  in  which  Gorges  advises  the  public  that 
the  portion  of  the  book  in  question  had  been  included  in  his 
"work  by  the  publisher  without  his  permission. 

The  author,  Captain  Edward  Johnson,  came  over  with  Gov. 
Winthrop  in  1630;  founded  the  town  of  Woburn,  Mass.,  and 
later  held  various  high  places  in  the  provincial  government. 
The  Indian  portion  of  the  work  is  important  as  it  includes  an 
account  of  the  Pequot  War. 

The  present  copy  is  in  fine  original  condition,  being  un- 
washed and  in  the  original  binding,  with  the  first  and  last 
blank  leaves.  Measures  6  15/16  x  6  5/16  inches.  From  the 
F.  R.  Halsey  collection. 

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173.  [JOHNSON  (ROBERT).]  Nova  Britannia.  Off  ring 
lost  Excellent  fruits  by  Planting  in  Virginia.  Exciting  all 
such  as  be  well  affected  to  further  the  same.  WoodciU  of  a 
ship  in  full  sail  on  title.  Small  4to,  red  crushed  levant  mo- 
rocco, gilt,  doublure  of  green  levant,  richly  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by 
F.  Bedford.  London :  Printed  for  Samvel  Macham,  1609 

A  Fine  Copy  of  one  of  the  Rarest  Historical  Tracts 
RELATING  TO  VIRGINIA.  Mr.  Luther  S.  Livingston  found  no 
fewer  than  six  variations  of  this  book.  According  to  his  nota- 

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HISTORY 

O  F 

New 'England. 

From  the  Englifli  planting  iii  the  Yeere 
i6iS.  untiU  the  Yeere  i6sz^ 

Declaring  the  form  of  their  Government, 

CivilljMilicsry,  and  Ecclcfiaftiquc.   Their  Wars  with 
the  Indians,  their  Troubles  with  the  Gortonifts, 
and  other  Heretiques.  Their  manner  of  gathering 
ofChurcheSjthc  commodities  of  the  Country, 
and  defcription  of  the  principall  Towns 
and  HavenSjWith  the  great  encou- 
ragements to  increafe  Trade 
betwixt  them  and  Old 
England. 

With  the  names  of  ail  their  Govcrnours,Magiftratcs, 
and  eminent  Minifters, 


P  s  A  X.  107.24. 
The  righteQHs  fiallfee  it  and  rejoice^  and  all  iuujmty  fiallfiopher 
moHth* 

P  S   A  L.    III.2. 

The  yfiorkj  of  the  Lord  aregreat^andoHght  to  befottght  9Ht   of  all  that 
have  pleafftre  in  them, 

L  0  N  P  0  N, 

Printed  for  N  a  t  h:  B  r  o  o  k  e  at  the  jingel 
in  Corn-hill.  1654. 

See  Lot  172. 


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tions  the  present  copy  comes  second  in  his  list.  It  is  in  unusu- 
ally fine  condition,  with  large  margins  throughout,  the  leaves 
measuring  7  1/16  x  5%  inches,  being  larger  than  the  Church 
copy. 

The  work  is  an  earnest  appeal  in  behalf  of  the  Virginia 
Company.  It  is  in  the  form  of  a  discourse  by  one  of  a  party 
of  adventurers  returned  from  Virginia  and  assembled  in 
London. 

The  British  Museum  duplicate,  with  the  sale  stamp  on  the 
reverse  of  the  title.    From  the  F.  E.  Halsey  collection. 

174.  [JOHNSON  (ROBERT).]  The  New, Life  of  Vir- 
ginea:  Declaring  the  Former  Svecesse  and  Present  estate  of 
that  plantation,  being  the  second  part  of  Nona  Britannia. 
Published  by  the  authoritie  of  his  Maiesties  Counsell  of  Vir- 
ginea.  Woodcuts  of  the  seals  of  Great  Britain  and  Virginia 
mi  the  title.  Small  4to,  crimson  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt, 
gilt  inside  dentelle  border,  gilt  edges,  by  F.  Bedford. 

London :  Imprinted  by  Felix  Kyngston  for  William  Welby, 
1612    L^ 

The  First  Edition,  exceeding  in  rarity  the  First  Part  ' '  Noua 
Britannia."     Fine  clean  copy  with  ample  margins. 

Published  anonymously  by  the  Council  for  Virginia,  though 
the  authorship  is  generally  attributed  to  Robert  Johnson.  It 
was  meant  to  stimulate  immigration  to  Virginia. 

The  F.  E.  Halsey  copy. 

175.  JOHNSON  (SIR  WILLIAM).  An  Account  of  Con- 
ferences held,  and  Treaties  made,  Between  Major-general  Sir 
William  Johnson,  Bart,  and  The  chief  Sachems  and  Warriours 
of  the  Mohawks,  Oneidas,  Onandagas,  Cayugas,  Senekas, 
Tuskaroras  [and  others],  Indian  Nations  in  North  America, 
at  their  Meetings  on  different  Occasions  at  Fort  Johnson  in 
the  Country  of  Albany,  in  the  Colony  of  New  York,  in  the 
Years  1755  and  1756.  With  A  Letter  from  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Hawley  to  Sir  William  Johnson,  written  at  the  Desire  of  the 
Delaware  Indians,  Etc.      8vo,  boards,  and  half  roan,  uncut. 

London :  Printed  for  A.  Millar,  1756 
First  Edition.     Fine,  large  copy.     Very  Rare.     The  Henry 
Stevens-E.  D.  Church  copy. 

176.  JONES  (HUGH).  The  Present  State  of  Virginia. 
Giving  a  particular  and  short  Account  of  the  Indian,  English, 
and  Negroe  Inhabitants  of  that  Colony.  Shewing  their  Re- 
ligion, Manners,  Government,  Trade,  Way  of  Living,  &c.,  with 
a  Description  of  the  Country.  From  whence  is  inferred  a 
short  View  of  Maryland  and  North  Carolina.  8vo,  contem- 
porary calf.  London :  Printed  for  J.  Clarke,  1724 

The  very  raee  Original  Edition,  with  the  bookplate  of 
William  Byrd  of  Westover  in  Virginia  Esqr.  Part  I  treats 
of  the  Indians;  Part  II  of  the  English  Settlements  in  Virginia 
and  Maryland;  Part  III  of  the  state  of  the  Church  and  Clergy 
in  Virginia;  and  Part  IV  of  the  Government.  The  Appendix 
occupies  nearly  half  the  book.    The  Halsey  copy. 

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177.  JOSSELYN  (JOHN).  An  Account  of  two  Voyages 
to  New-England.  Wherein  you  have  the  setting  out  of  a  Ship, 
with  the  charges ;  The  prices  of  all  the  necessaries  for  furnish- 
ing a  Planter  and  his  Family  at  his  first  coming;  A  Descrip- 
tion of  the  Countrey,  Natives  and  Creatures,  &c.  Small  8vo, 
original  sheep  and  end-leaves. 

London:  Giles  Widdows,  at  the  Green-Dragon,  1674 

Has  the  License  leaf  with  dragon  on  recto,  two  titles,  errata 
leaf  and  final  list  of  books  printed  for  Giles  Widdows.     This 
y  curious  little  relation  is  couched  in  the  oddest  language,  ' '  the 

most  uncouth  expressions  imaginable,"  as  Locke  says,  being 
used.  It  is  very  scarce  and  especially  interesting  in  this  origi- 
nal condition.  The  author  gives  many  out-of-the-way  facts 
about  medicine  and  surgery.  His  book  was  written  after  his 
second  visit  to  America.  Has  the  bookplate  of  Constantine 
John  Phipps. 

178.  JOUTEL  (M.).  Journal  .historique  du  dernier  Voy- 
age que  feu  M.  de  la  Sale  fit  dans  le  Golfe  de  Mexique,  pour 
trouver  1  'embouchure,  &  le  cours  de  la  riviere  de  Saint  Louis, 
qui  traverse  la  Louisiane.  Folding  map.   12mo,  contemporary 

/      calf  (stamp  on  title).  Paris :  Chez  Estienne  Eobinot,  1713 

Eare  First  Edition.  With  the  scarce  map  dated  1713.  This 
map  is  one  of  the  earliest  accurate  delineations  of  the  Missis- 
sippi Eiver,  and  has  an  inset  view  of  Niagara  Falls. 

179.  JOUTEL  (HENRI).  A  Journal  of  the  Last  Voyage 
Perform 'd  by  Monrs.  de  la  Sale,  To  the  Gulph  of  Mexico,  To 
find  out  the  Mouth  of  the  Mississippi  Eiver;  containing.  An 
Account  of  the  Settlements  he  endeavour 'd  to  make  on  the 
Coast  of  the  aforesaid  Bay,  Travels  *  *  *  across  that  Inland 
Country  of  America,  now  call'd  Louisiana,  till  they  came  into 
Canada.  Original  folding  map  with  view  of  Niagara.  8vo, 
old  boards,  vellum  back,  outer  and  lower  margins  uncut  (old 

^    name  on  title).  London,  A.  Bell,  1714 

First  English  Edition.  This  is  the  finest  account  of  the 
ill-fated  expedition  upon  which  La  Salle  perished  and  from 
which  only  a  few  of  his  companions  returned.  Field  says 
Joutel  was  the  only  person  upon  whom  La  Salle  could  place 
any  reliance.     The  E.  D.  Church  copy. 

180.  KALM  (PETER).  Travels  in  North  America;  con- 
taining Its  Natural  History,  and  A  circumstantial  Account  of 
its  Plantations  and  Agriculture  in  general,  with  the  Civil, 
Ecclesiastical  and  Commercial  State  of  the  Country.  Trans- 
lated into  English  by  John  R.  Forster.  Large  folding  map 
with  linen  hack,  and  6  fine  plates,  including  Cohoes  Falls. 
3  vols.  8vo,  full  sprinkled  calf,  gilt  tooled  backs  and  panel 
borders.  Warrington  and  London,  1770-71 

Very  fine  copy,  with  brilliant  impressions  of  the  plates.  The 
E.  N.  Crane  copy. 

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181.  [KEITH  (GEORGE)  and  BUDD  (THOMAS).]  An 
Account  of  the  Great  Divisions,  Amongst  the  Quakers,  in 
Pennsylvania,  &c.  Small  4:to,  full  brown  levant  morocco,  gilt 
edges,  by  W.  Pratt. 

London :  Printed  for,  and  are  to  be  Sold  by  John  Gwillim, 
1692 

Very  Rare.  This  is  a  reprint  of  ' '  The  Plea  of  the  Innocent, 
against  the  false  judgment  of  the  Guilty, ' '  printed  by  William 
Bradford  in  Philadelphia  this  same  year.  It  was  for  printing 
this  and  other  books  of  Keith  and  his  faction,  with  whom  Brad- 
ford was  in  sympathy,  that  he  was  arrested,  thrown  into  prison, 
and  finally  obliged  to  flee  to  New  York.  The  Church  copy. 
A-C4  in  fours.    Fine,  clean  condition. 


182.  KEITH  (GEORGE).  Truth  Advanced  in  the  Correc- 
tion of  Many  Gross  &  hurtful  Errors ;  Wherein  is  occasionally 
opened  &  explained  many  great  and  peculiar  Mysteries  and 
Doctrines  of  the  Christian  Religion.  [Second  Part]  :  A  Chron- 
ological Account  of  the  Several  Ages  of  the  World  from  Adam 
to  Christ:  And  from  thence  continued  to  the  End  of  the 
World.  Small  4to,  contemporary  sheep,  in  a  red  straight- 
grain  morocco  case. 

[New  York]  :  Printed  [by  William  Bradford]  in  the  Year, 
1694 

An  excessively  rare  item.  Considered  by  many  authorities 
as  the  first  book  printed  in  New  York.  Bradford 's  earlier  pub- 
lications having  been  only  pamphlets  or  broadsides.  It  was 
probably  issued  in  April  or  May  1694.  In  the  Abnanac  for 
1694,  printed  in  October,  1693,  the  announcement  is  made: 
' '  There  is  now  in  the  Press  a  Treatise  entituled.  Truth  advanced 
above  Error,  &c.  .  .  "  The  appearance  of  Hebrew  letters  in  its 
text  has  led  some  to  question  whether  it  was  printed  by  Brad- 
ford, but  this  doubt  is  dispelled  by  the  fact  that  they  also 
appear  in  '* New-England 's  Spirit  of  Persecution,"  printed 
by  him  the  year  before. 

The  present  is  a  large  copy  in  original  condition,  measuring 
7  3/16  X  5  11/16  inches.  The  name  ''John  Holme,  1725" 
written  on  the  title.    The  E.  D.  Church  copy. 


183.  KEITH  (GEORGE).  A  Journal  of  Travels  from 
New-Hampshire  to  Caratuck,  On  the  Continent  of  North- 
America.  Small  4to,  full  crimson  levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt 
edges,  by  F.  Bedford. 

London :  Printed  by  Joseph  Downing  for  Brab.  Aylmer,  1706 

First  Edition.  Fine,  crisp  copy.  This  work  contains  an 
account  of  Keith's  travels,  mentioning  the  various  places  he 
visited  in  Rhode  Island,  Long  Island,  New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania, 
New  York,  etc.  It  also  contains  a  reference  to  the  trial  and 
imprisonment  of  William  Bradford  for  printing  his  (Keith's) 
"Appeal,"  after  which  Bradford  went  to  New  York.  The 
Halsey  copy.    Title;  one  leaf  without  signature;  B-N2  in  fours. 

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184.  LAS  CASAS  (BARTHOLOME  DE).  Complete  set 
of  the  Tracts  of  Las  Casas : 

I.  Breuissima  relacion  de  la  destruycion  de  las  Indias: 
colegida  por  el  Obispo  do  fray  Bartolome  de  las  Casas. 
[Colophon]  :  Impressa  ...  en  Seuilla  en  casa  de  Sebastian 
Trugillo  .  .  .  Alio  de  M  D.Lij. 

II.  Lo  que  se  sigue  es  vn  PedaQO  de  vna  carta  y  relacion  que 
escrivo  cierto  hombre,  etc.  [Sevilla:  Sebastian  Trugillo,  1552]. 

III.  Entre  los  remedios  q  do  fray  Bartolome  de  las  casas 
.  .  .  referio  por  mandado  del  Emperador  ...  en  los  avunta- 
mietos  q  mado  hazer  sumagestad  ...  en  Valladolid  .  .  . 
para  reformacio  de  las  Indias.  .  .  .  Seuilla:  J.  Croberger, 
1552. 

IV.  Aqui  se  cotiene  treynta  proposiciones  muy  juridi- 
cas  .  .  .  al  de  recho  q  la  yglesia  y  los  principes  christianos 
tienen  o  puede  tener  sobre  los  infieles,  etc.  Seuilla:  Tru- 
gillo [1552]. 

V.  Aqui  se  contiene  vna  disputa  .  .  .  entre  el  obispo  do 
fray  Bartholome  de  las  Casas  .  .  .  y  del  doctor  Gines  de 
Sepulveda  sobre  q  el  doctor  contendia :  q  las  conquistas  de  las 
Indias  contra  los  Indios  eran  licitas,  etc.  Seuilla :  Trugillo,  x 
dias  del  mes  de  Setiembre  [1552]. 

VI.  Estes  es  vn  tratado  q  el  obispo  de  la  ciudad  Real  de 
Chiapa  do  fray  Bartholome  de  la  Casas  .  .  .  compuso  por 
comission  del  Consejo  Real  de  las  Indias.  Seuilla:  Tru- 
gillo, 1552. 

VII.  Aqui  se  cotiene  vnos  auisos  y  reglas  para  los  confes- 
sores  q  oyeren  en  confessiones  de  los  Espanolos  que  son  o 
han  sido  en  cargo  a  los  Indios  de  las  Indias.  Seuilla:  Tru- 
gillo, 1552. 

VIII.  Principia  queda  ex  quibus  procedendum  est  in  dis- 
putatione  ad  manifestandam  et  defendendam  insticiam 
Yndorum.     Hispali  (Seville)  :  Trugillo,  n.  d. 

IX.  Tratado  coprobatorio  del  Imperio  soberano  y  prin- 
cipado  vniuersal  que  los  Reyes  de  Castilla  y  Leon  tienen  sobre 
lab  Indias.     Seuilla:  Trugillo,  1553. 

4to,  full  crimson  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by 
Bedford.  Sevilla,  1552-53 

Excessively  Eare.  An  unusually  choice  collection  of  these 
original  treatises,  containing  the  nine  parts  complete  as  issued. 
All  First  Editions.  Parts  3  and  5  with  the  last  and  genuine 
blank  leaf  in  each  part.  Tract  IX  in  this  copy  contains  the  two 
printed  cancel  slips  of  two  lines  each  [see  pp.  91  and  100].  The 
slips  appear  in  but  a  few  other  copies,  among  which  are  those 
in  the  British  Museum,  Kothschild  and  Lenox  libraries.  Bibliog- 
raphers have  observed  no  uniform  order  in  arranging  these  tracts. 
The  titles  are  here  given  as  observed  by  Field  and  Winsor  but 
are  bound  in  the  following  order  in  this  copy :  Tracts  I,  II,  IX, 
VIII,  V,  VII,  VI,  III,  IV.  A  few  contemporary  manuscript 
notes  appear  on  some  pages.  The  Sir  Henry  Hope  Edwardes 
copy,  with  armorial  bookplate. 

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185.  LAS  CASAS  (BAETHOLOME  DE).  Tyrannies  et 
Cruautez  des  Espagnols  perpetrees  es  Indes  Occidentales, 
qu'on  dit  le  Nouveau  Monde  fidelement  traduictes  par  Jaques 
de  Miggrode:  pour  servir  d'exemple  &  advertissement  aux 
XVII  Provinces  du  Pa'is  Bas.  8vo,  Ml  crimson  crushed 
levant  morocco,  richly  gilt  sides,  gilt  over  marbled  edges,  by 
Cuzin.  Anvers:  chez  Francois  de  Ravelenghien,  1579 

Extremely  fine   copy.     Brunei,   p.    1613,   calls   this   First 
French  Edition  ''Edition  Bare  et  rechercliee."     The  Hoe  copy. 


186.  LAS  CASAS  (BAETHOLOME  DE).  The  Spanish 
Colonic,  or  Briefe  Chronicle  of  the  Acts  and  gestes  of  the 
Spaniardes  in  the  West  Indies,  called  the  newe  World,  for  the 
space  of  xl.  yeeres.  And  now  first  translated  into  english, 
by  M.  M.  S.  Small  4to,  full  crimson  levant  morocco,  richly 
gilt  tooled,  gilt  edges  (title  mounted  at  inner  margin,  small 
corner  restored  in  eleven  leaves). 

London:  William  Brome,   1583 

First  English  Edition.  Extremely  Eare.  A  to  N  printed 
in  Black  Letter.     Size  of  leaves,  6  15/16  to  4%  inches. 

This  translation  was  not  made  from  the  Spanish  but  from 
the  French  version  of  Jacques  de  Alliggrode.  It  is  of  great 
interest  in  containing  particulars  of  the  Spanish  cruelties  in 
Central  and  South  America,  and  one  chapter  tells  of  the  ' '  Prov- 
inces of  the  firme  lande,  or  quarter  that  is  called  Florida,'^ 
relating  also  to  the  persecutions  there. 

But  few  copies  of  '  *  The  Spanish  Colonic ' '  are  known,  and 
some  of  those  contain  title  or  leaves  in  facsimile.  The  present 
copy  is  in  good  condition,  with  all  the  headlines,  signature 
marks,  and  catch-words  intact. 


187.  [LAS  CASAS  (BARTHOLOME  DE).]  Narratio 
Regionvm  Indicarvm  per  Hispanos  Qvosdam  deuastatarum 
verissima:  prius  quidem  per  Episcopum  Bartholemaeum 
Casaum,  natione  Hispanum  Hispanice  conscripta,  &  Anno 
1551.  Hispali,  Hispanice,  Anno  vero  hoc  1598.  Engraved 
title  and  17  engraved  plates  on  copper  hy  lodo  a  Winghe,  all 
'brilliant  impressions.  Small  4to,  full  dark  sprinkled  calf,  gilt 
edges  and  inside  borders,  by  Lloyd  Wallis  &  Lloyd. 

Francofvrti:  Sumptibus  Theodori  de  Bry  &  loannis  Saurii 
typis  Anno  M.DXVIII  [1598] 

First  Latin  translation  and  First  Edition  with  the  plates. 
Very  Rare  and  much  sought  for  on  account  of  the  beauty  of 
the  plates,  all  illustrating  the  cruelties  practised  upon  the 
Indians  by  the  Spaniards.     Fine  copy. 

188.  LAS  CASAS  (BARTHOLOME  DE).  The  Tears  of 
the  Indians:  being  An  Historical  and  true  Account  Of  the 
Cruel  Massacres  and  Slaughters  of  about  Twenty  Millions  of 
innocent  People;  Committed  by  the  Spaniards  In  the  Islands 

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of  Hispaniola,  Cuba,  Jamaica,  &c.  Written  in  Spanish  by 
Casaus,  and  Made  English  by  J.  P.  Frontispiece  in  four  com- 
partments.    Small  8vo,  half  blue  morocco. 

London :  Printed  by  J.  C.  for  Nath.  Brook,  1656 

Very  scarce.     Good  copy  with  wide  margins.     The  translator 

of  this  work  was  John  Phillips,  a  nephew  of  John  Milton.     It 

is   dedicated    to    Oliver    Cromwell,    on   whom    Phillips    calls   to 

avenge  the  cruelties  of  the  Spanish  colonists. 

189.  LECHFORD  (THOMAS).  Plain  Dealing:  or,  Newes 
from  New-England.  A  short  view  of  New-Englands  present 
Government,  both  Ecclesiasticall  and  Civill,  compared  with 
the  anciently-received  and  established  Government  of  Eng- 
land, in  some  materiall  points;  fit  fo  rthe  gravest  considera- 
tion in  these  times.  Small  4to,  boards,  calf  back,  some  leaves 
uncut. 

London:  Printed  by  W.  E.  and  I.  G.  for  Nath:  Butter,  1642 
First  Edition.  Extremely  rare.  This  pamphlet  was  issued 
two  years  later  as  ''New  England's  Advice  to  Old  England." 
Lechford  was  a  lawyer  who  lived  in  Boston  from  1638  to  1641. 
His  most  able  narrative  contains  much  information  of  great 
value  respecting  the  colony  and  its  customs.  The  curious  error 
on  page  20,  where  he  writes  of  the  ''eleven  or  twelve"  com- 
mandments, has  been  corrected  by  scoring  out  in  a  contemporary 
ink  the  words  quoted. 

This  is  the  Edward  Haillstone-E.  D.  Church  copy,  with  book- 
plate of  each.  It  has  wide  margins  and  measures  7%  by  5% 
inches. 

190.  LEDERER  (JOHN).  The  Discoveries  of  John 
Lederer,  In  three  several  Marches  from  Virginia,  to  the  West 
of  Carolina,  and  other  parts  of  the  Continent:  Begun  in 
March  1669,  and  ended  in  September  1670.  Collected  and 
Translated  out  of  Latine  from  his  Discourse  and  Writings,  By 
Sir  William  Talbot  Baronet.  With  original  map  in  fine  state. 
Small  4to,  old  green  straight-grain  morocco,  with  crest  on 
sides,  some  lower  edges  uncut. 

London :  Printed  by  J.  C.  for  Samuel  Hey  rick,  1672 
The  Original  Edition,  particularly  rare  with  the  origi- 
nal   MAP,    AND    the    leaf    OF    LICENSE,    BOTH    OF    WHICH    ARE 
PRESENT. 

The  work  contains  a  brief  account  of  the  North  American 
Continent,  the  Manners  and  Customs  of  the  Indians  of  Carolina 
and  Virginia,  details  of  the  three  expeditions,  including  the 
penetration  to  the  top  of  the  Apalatoean  mountains.  The 
Halsey  copy.     A-F2  in  fours.     Name  of  H.  Harman  on  title. 

191.  LEONARD  (ZENAS).  Narrative  of  the  Adventures 
of  Zenas  Leonard,  a  Native  of  Clearfield  County,  Pa.,  who 
spent  five  years  in  trapping  for  furs,  trading  with  the  In- 
dians, etc.,  etc.,  of  the  Rocky  Mountains.  Royal  8vo,  crudely 
bound  in  half  roan. 

Clearfield,  Pa. :  Printed  and  published  by  D.  W.  Moore,  1839 
riBST  Edition  in  book  form,  portions  of  the  narrative  hav- 

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ing  appeared  in  the  newspapers.  Relates  the  adventures  of  a 
company  of  70  men,  who  left  St.  Louis  in  the  Spring  of  1831, 
on  an  expedition  to  the  Rocky  Mountains,  for  the  purpose  of 
trapping  for  Furs  and  trading  with  the  Indians.  It  comprises 
a  minute  description  of  the  incidents  of  the  adventure,  and  a 
valuable  history  of  this  immense  territory  from  personal  ob- 
servation. The  work  is  excessively  rare,  there  being  no 
RECORDED  SALE  OF  A  SINGLE  COPY.  Cowan,  the  Only  bibli- 
ographer quoting  it,  says  there  are  only  about  five  copies 

KN0V7N. 


192.  LESCARBOT  (MARC).  Histoire  de  la  Nowelle 
France.  Contenant  les  navigations,  decouvertes,  &  habita- 
tions faites  par  les  Francois  es  Indes  Occidentales  &  Nouvelle- 
France  fouz  I'avoeu  &  authorite  de  noz  Rois  Tres-Chretiens, 
&  les  diverses  fortunes  d'iceux  en  1 'execution  de  ces  choses, 
depuis  cent  ans  jusques  a  hui.  3  folding  maps.  Small  thick 
8vo,  full  crimson  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt-tooled  back, 
panel  edges  and  inside  borders,  gilt  edges,  by  Bedford. 

Paris :  Chez  Jean  Milot,  1609 

The  Very  Rare  First  Edition,  with  the  three  original  maps. 
This  highly  important  work  contains  accounts  of  the  voyages 
of  Yerrazano,  Cartier,  Champlain,  and  many  others,  has  an 
interesting  account  of  the  Indians,  &c.  At  the  end  is  bound 
"Les  Muses  de  la  Novvele  France.  A  Monseigneur  le  Chan- 
cellier, "  with  separate  pagination  and  title  having  similar  im- 
print and  date.     Fine  copy. 


193.  [LESCARBOT  (MARC).]  Nova  Francia:  Or  the 
Description  of  that  part  of  New  France,  vrhich  is  one  Con- 
tinent with  Virginia.  Described  in  the  three  late  Voyages 
and  Plantation  made  by  Monsieur  de  Monts,  Monsieur  du 
Pont-Graue,  and  Monsieur  de  Poutrincourt,  into  the  countries 
called  by  the  Frenchmen  La  Cadie,  lying  to  the  Southwest 
of  Cape  Breton.  .  .  .  Translated  out  of  French  into  English 
by  P.  E[rondelle].    Small  4to,  full  calf,  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

Londini:  Impensis  Georgii  Bishop,  1609 

A  choice  copy  of  the  First  English  Edition.  A  translation 
of  part  of  the  second  and  entire  third  book  of  Lescarbot's 
work  issued  in  Paris  the  same  year.  It  was  undertaken  by 
Pierre  Erondelle,  a  native  of  Normandy,  who  was  a  French 
schoolmaster  in  London  and  afterwards  a  stockholder  in  the 
Virginia  Company.  In  his  ''Epistle"  he  says:  ''The  whole 
volume  of  the  Navigations  of  the  French-nation  into  the  West 
Indies  (comprised  in  three  books)  was  brought  to  me  to  be 
translated  by  Mr.  Eichard  Hakluyt,  a  man  who  for  his  worthy 
and  profitable  labours,  is  well  known  to  most  men  of  his  worth, 
not  onely  of  this  kingdome,  but  also  of  forrain  parts:  and  by 
him  this  part  was  selected  and  chosen  from  the  whole  worke, 
for  the  particular  use  of  this  Nation." 

There  is  a  variation  of  this  edition,  without  date,  bearing  the 
imprint  of  Andrew  Hebb.  The  present  editon,  however,  is 
much  rarer. 

From  the  F.  R.  Halsey  collection. 


194.  LESCARBOT  (MARC).  Histoire  de  la  Nowelle- 
France.  Contenant  les  navigations,  decouvertes,  &  habitations 
faites  par  les  Francois  es  Indes  Occidentales  &  Nouvelle- 
France,  par  commission  de  noz  Roys  Tres-Chretiens,  &  les 
diverses  fortunes  d'iceux  en  I'execution  de  ces  choses,  depuis 
cent  ans  jusques  a  hui.  Folding  maps.  Small  8vo,  red 
crushed  levant  morocco,  ribbed  and  lettered  back,  gilt  inside 
borders,  gilt  on  marbled  edges  (2  maps  in  facsimile. 

Paris :  Adrian  Perier,  1617 

Excessively  rare.  This  edition  has  the  same  collation  as 
that  of  1618,  but  seems  to  have  eluded  most  of  the  recognized 
bibliographers.  Harrisse  and  Sabin  knew  the  edition  by  re- 
port only,  and  Justin  Winsor  says  that  some  authorities  had 
mentioned  copies  with  the  1617  date,  but  he  had  not  seen  them. 

This  issue,  like  that  of  1618,  has  the  second  part,  'Hes 
Muses,"  with  same  imprint,  but  dated  1618.  Very  fine,  clean 
copy,  nicely  bound. 


195.  [LIVINGSTON  (P.).]  The  Other  Side  of  the 
Question;  or,  a  Defence  of  the  Liberties  of  North-America. 
In  Answer  to  a  late  Friendly  Address  to  All  Reasonable 
Americans,  on  The  Subject  of  our  Political  Confusions.  By 
a  Citizen.     8vo,  half  leather. 

New  York:  Printed  by  James  Rivington,  1774 
Contains  the  leaf  of  advertisement  at  the  end. 


196.  McAfee  (ROBERT  B.).  History  of  the  Late  War 
[of  1812]  in  the  Western  Country,  comprising  a  Full  Account 
of  all  the  Transactions  in  that  Quarter,  from  the  Commence- 
ment of  Hostilities  at  Tippecanoe,  to  the  Termination  of  the 
Contest  at  New  Orleans  on  the  Return  of  Peace.  8vo,  original 
sheep.  Lexington,  Kentucky,  1816 

First  Edition,  in  original  binding.  Contains  the  blank  leaf 
following  title  and  the  final  leaf  with  publisher's  note.  One 
of  the  finest  histories  of  the  War  in  the  West.  The  author 
served  throughout  the  entire  campaign,  and  his  narrative  is 
derived  from  personal  observations  and  at  first  hand  from  other 
participants.  It  has  been  one  of  the  most  valuable  source 
books  for  subsequent  historians. 


197.  MACKENZIE  (ALEXANDER).  Voyages  from 
Montreal  on  the  River  St.  Laurence,  through  the  Continent  of 
North  America,  to  the  Frozen  and  Pacific  Oceans;  in  the 
Years  1789  and  1793.  With  a  Preliminary  Account  of  the 
Rise,  Progress,  and  Present  State  of  the  Fur  Trade  of  that 
Country.  Portrait  and  3  folding  maps.  4to,  half  morocco 
(portrait  and  a,  few  margins  stained).  London,  1801 

First  Edition.    Has  the  final  leaf  of  Errata. 
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198.  MACKENZIE  (ALEX.  SLIDELL).  The  Case  of  the 
Somers  Mutiny.  Defence  of  A.  S.  Mackenzie  before  the  Court- 

/ Martial  at  Brooklyn.     First  Edition.     8vo,  limp  boards. 

New  York:  Tribune  Office,  1843 

199.  MARSHALL  (HUMPHREY).  The  History  of  Ken- 
tucky. Exhibiting  an  Account  of  the  Modern  Discovery; 
Settlement;  Progressive  Improvement;  Civil  and  Military 
Transactions;  and  the  Present  State  of  the  Country.     2  vols. 

^  8vo,  original  sheep. 

Frankfort:  Geo.  S.  Robinson,  Printer,  1824 
A  Very  Scarce  Book,  "which  must  always  he  considered  the 
fountain  of  Kentuchy  history. ' '     Contains  the  ' '  Ancient  Annals 
of  Kentucky"  by  C.  S.  Eafinesque. 

200.  MARTIN  (FRANCOIS  XAVIER).  The  History  of 
North  Carolina,  from  the  Earliest  Period.  First  Edition. 
2  vols.  8vo,  original  boards,  totally  uncut,  volume  2  being 
mainly  unopened. 

J  ^^  New  Orleans :  Printed  by  A.  T.  Penniman  &  Co.,  1829 

Good  copy  of  a  very  rare  book,  in  unusual  state. 

201.  [MARTYN  (BENJAMIN).]  An  Impartial  Enquiry 
into  the  State  and  Utility  of  the  Province  of  Georgia.  Device 
on  title.     8vo,  half  crimson  morocco. 

London:  W.  Meadows,  1741 

)  (^^  Fine  copy,  from  the  collection  of  Brinley-C.  C.  Jones,  Jr., 

and  Edw.  N.  Crane.     It  includes  an  account  of  South  Carolina. 

Eich  says  it  is  "a  well  written  tract  defending  the  Colony  from 

the  malignant  reports  that  had  been  circulated." 

202.  MARTYR  (PETER).  De  Nuper  sub  D.  Carolo 
repertis  Insulis,  simul3  incolarum  moribus,  R.  Petri 
Martyris,  Enchiridion,  Dominse  Margaritse,  Diui  Max.  Caes. 
filiae  dicatum.  Title  within  omwrnental  woodcut  border. 
Small  4to,  full  brown  morocco,  gilt  edges.     Bound  by  Hayday. 

Basileae,  Anno  M.  D.  XXI 
Very  Bare.  Peter  Martyr's  first  narrative  of  the  dis- 
covery made  by  Grijalva  and  the  expedition  of  Cortes  to 
Mexico,  added  to  a  fuller  account  of  Cuba,  than  was  contained 
in  his  three  Decades  already  printed.  Harrisse  has  called  this 
work  an  extract  from  the  Fourth  Decade,  but  it  is  evidently  a 
much  more  important  work,  Stevens  and  other  authorities 
defining  it  as  a  substitute  for  the  lost  First  Letter  of  Cortes, 
and  it  supplements,  rather  than  overlaps,  the  other  narratives 
of  the  author.  The  woodcut  border  is  by  Holbein.  The  Lenox 
Library  duplicate,  with  stamp  on  verso  of  title.    A-E6  in  fours. 


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203.  MARTYR  (PETER).  De  Orbe  Nouo  Petri  Martyris 
ab  Angleria  Mediolanensis  Protonotarij  Cesaris  senatoris  de- 
cades.     Title  within  fine  woodcut  border  representing  the 


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labors  of  Hercules.  Small  folio,  full  crushed  maroon  levant 
morocco,  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  F.  Bedford. 

Compluti  apud  Michaele  d'Eguia  Anno  MD.XXX.  [Colo- 
phon] .  .  .  Anno  Virginei  partus  1530 

First  Edition  of  the  Eight  Decades.  This  volume  ranks  next 
in  interest,  value,  and  rarity,  to  the  edition  of  1511.  It  is 
beautifully  printed  in  Roman  type,  with  engraved  capitals.  In 
some  copies  a  map  has  been  found  at  the  end,  but  there  is  no 
reason  to  believe  that  it  appeared  in  the  work  as  originally  is- 
sued. Brunet  and  Graesse  make  no  mention  of  it.  The  present 
copy  is  perfect  and  in  finest  condition.  It  is  excessively  rare. 
Neither  Field,  Menziee,  Brinley,  nor  Barlow  had  a  copy,  and 
that  in  the  Murphy  collection  was  not  perfect.  Harrisse's  col- 
lation is  wrong,  there  being  117  numbered  folios  instead  of  112. 
The  Museo  del  Montino-Ives  and  E.  D.  Church  copy,  with 
bookplates. 

204.  MARTYR  (PETER).  The  Decades  of  the  Newe 
worlde  or  west  India,  Conteynyng  the  navigations  and  con- 
questes  of  the  Spanyardes,  with  the  particular  description  of 
the  most  ryche  and  large  landes  and  islandes  lately  found  in 
the  west  Ocean  perteynyng  to  the  inheritaunce  of  the  kinges 

of  Spayne Wrytten  in  the  Latine  tounge  by  Peter 

Martyr  of  Angleria,  and  translated  into  Englysshe  by 
Rycharde  Eden.  Black  Letter.  Small  4to,  old  red  English 
morocco,  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

Londini:  In  aedibus  Guilhelmi  Powell,  1555 

The  first  collection  of  voyages  in  English.    Very  Eare. 

The  first  half  of  this  book  is  a  translation  from  Peter  Martyr 

J  j)f  his  first  three  Decades.     The  last  half  of  the  volume  consists 

,^*^  of  valuable  matter  collected  and  translated  by  Kichard  Eden 

^      itA*^       from  other  books.     These  comprise,  among  others:    "The  His- 

<r  torie  of  weste  Indies, '^  translated  from  Oviedo;  "The  Vyage 

rounde    about    the    worlde,^'    translated    from    Maxmilian    of 

Transylvania ;   ' '  The  discouverynge  of  the  lande  of  Florida, ' ' 

etc. 

The  volume  is  one  of  the  most  important  of  early  Eng- 
lish BOOKS  ON  America.  The  Strickland-Halsey  copy.  a-b4  in 
fours  J  a-d4  in  fours;  A-AAAAa6  in  fours. 

205.  MARTYR  (PETER).  De  Rebus  Oceanicis  et  Novo 
Orbe,  Decades  tres,  Petri  Martyris  ab  Angleria  Mediolanensis. 
Item  eiusdem  de  Babylonica  Legatione  Libri  III.  Et  item  De 
Rebus  Aethiopicis  Indicis,  Lusitanicis  Hispanicus,  etc.  12mo, 
calf.  Coloniae,  1574 

Eare.  Fine  copy,  with  autographs  of  K.  Edwards  and 
D.  G.  Brinton  on  title.  This  edition,  like  that  of  1516,  has 
only  three  Decades.     The  Edw.  N.  Crane  copy,  with  bookplate. 

206.  MARYLAND.  A  Relation  of  Maryland;  Together 
with  A  Map  of  the  Country,  The  Conditions  of  Plantation, 
His  Majesties  Charter  to  the  Lord  Baltemore,  translated  into 
English.  Small  4to,  full  brown  levant  morocco,  gilt,  by 
Bradstreet.  [London]  :  September  the  8.  Anna  Dom.  1635 

Extremely  Eare.     This  is  the  second  publication  relating 

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to  Maryland,  and  was  evidently  prepared  under  the  direction  of 
Lord  Baltimore,  designed  as  a  colonizing  tract.  It  recounts 
the  planting  of  the  colony  and  their  intercourse  with  the  Indians, 
and  gives  elaborate  instructions  as  to  what  the  adventurers 
should  take  with  them,  an  estimate  of  the  cost,  etc.  The  map 
is  wanting,  as  usual.  The  Lenox  Library  copy,  with  stamp  on 
title  verso.  A2-H2 ;  A2-D  in  fours,  which  evidently  varies  with 
the  Church  copy,  which  ended  on  C4.  The  Charter  of  Maryland 
occupies  the  second  portion  of  the  book. 

207.  MASON  (MAJOR  JOHN).  A  Brief  History  of  the 
Pequot  War;  Especially  Of  the  memorable  Taking  of  their 
Fort  at  Mistick  in  Connecticut  in  1637.  Written  by  Major 
John  Mason,  A  Principal  Actor  therein,  as  then  chief  Captain 
and  Commander  of  Connecticut  Forces.  With  an  Introduc- 
tion and  some  Explanatory  Notes  By  the  Reverend  Mr. 
Thomas  Prince.  8vo,  full  dark  brown  levant  morocco,  gold 
ornament  in  center  of  sides,  dentelle  borders,  entirely  uncut, 

6  by  Zaehnsdorf,  in  morocco  case. 

Boston :  Printed  &  Sold  by  S.  Kneeland  &  T.  Green,  1736 

The  exceedingly  rare  original  edition   and   one   of   the 

I  tallest  copies  known,  measuring  7  5/16  x  5   12/16  inches.     It 

lA/  has  the  half-title,  on  which  are  written  names  of  three  former 

gpflf^  owners:    "Warham    Mason,    1736,"    "Jacob    Cushings"    and 

'"^  "Wm.  Allen." 

This  is  the  contemporaneous  account  written  (at  the  request 
of  the  General  Court)    by  one  of  the  principal  actors  in  the 
events  which  it  descrilDes,  and  is  the  best  of  them  all. 
From  the  Hoe  Collection. 

208.  MASSACHUSETTS.  Debates,  Resolutions  and  other 
Proceedings,  of  the  Convention  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Mas- 
sachusetts, Convened  at  Boston,  on  the  9th  of  January 
1788  *  *  *  for  the  purpose  of  assenting  to  and  ratifying  the 
Constitution  recommended  by  the  Grand  Federal  Convention. 
Together  with  the  Yeas  and  Nays  on  the  Decision  of  the 

^  Grand  Question.     To  which  the  Federal  Constituion  is  pre- 

fixed.    8vo,  full  polished  calf,  gilt  back,  leather  labels,  by  Bed- 
ford. Boston :  Adams  and  Nourse,  1788 
Very  rare.     The  Huth  copy,  in  very  fine  condition,  with  the 
bookplate. 

209.  MATHER  (COTTON).  The  Wonders  of  the  Invisible 
World.  Observations  As  well  Historical  as  Theological,  upon 
the  Nature,  the  Number,  and  the  Operations  of  the  Devils. 
Accompany 'd  with,  1.  Some  Account  of  the  Grievous  Molest- 
ations, by  Daemons  and  Witchcrafts,  &c.  Sm.all  8vo,  full 
brown  levant  morocco,  gilt  on  rough  edges,  by  Riviere, 

Boston:  Printed  by  Benj.  Harris  for  Sam.  Phillips,  1693 

I      ^  First    Edition.      This    little    volume    is    one    of    the    most 

JO/^"^      valuable  and  the  rarest  of  all  the  works  by  the  Mathers.     It  is 

\Ltit^^  tlie  second  pamphlet  published  on  the   New  England  witch- 


v]VjT> 


craft,  and  by  far  the  most  important,  exhibiting  as  it  does,  the 
prevalence  of  this  delusion.  The  six  lines  of  errata  occurs  on 
verso  of  page  151,  and  the  section,  "The  Devil  Discovered," 
has  a  separate  pagination.  Fine  copy,  with  all  the  headlines 
intact,  measuring  5%  by  3%  inches. 

210.  MATHER  (COTTON).  India  Christiana.  A  Dis- 
course, Delivered  unto  the  Commissioners,  for  the  Propagation 
of  the  Gospel  among  the  American  Indians  which  is  Accom- 
panied with  several  Instruments  relating  to  the  Glorious  De- 
sign of  Propagating  our  Holy  Religion,  in  the  Eastern  as  well 
as  the  Western  Indies.  Small  8vo,  original  sheep  over  wooden 
boards.     Boston  in  New-England :  Printed  by  B.  Green,  1721 

The  rare  Original  Edition,  in  original  binding,  and  a  crisp 
copy.  Pages  52-55,  duplicated,  are  alternately  Indian  [versosj 
and  English  [rectos] ;  pp.  62-87  are  alternately  Latin  and  Eng- 
lish. The  first  appendix  is  an  account  by  Experience  Mayhew, 
of  the  Indians  in  Martha's  Vineyard.  The  present  copy  con- 
tains the  slip  * '  Corrigenda ' '  pasted  on  inside  back  cover.  A-Q4 
in  fours. 

211.  MATHER  (COTTON).  Parentator.  Memoirs  of 
Remarkables  in  the  Life  and  Death  of  the  Ever-Memorable 
Dr.  Increase  Mather.  Who  Expired,  August  23,  1723.  En- 
graved portrait  "Crescentius  Matherus,"  hy  I.  Sturt.  Small 
8vo,  original  calf. 

Boston :  Printed  by  B.  Green,  for  Nathaniel  Belknap,  1724 

The  rare  First  Edition,  in  its  original  binding,  and  con- 
taining the  leaf  of  advertisement  at  the  end. 

Chapter  xxxiiv  (pp.  233-239)  contains  a  list  of  Increase 
Mather's  works  arranged  by  dates.  This  list  contains  88  titles, 
''without  any  mention  of  the  Learned  and  Useful  Praefaces, 
which  the  Publishers  of  many  Books  Obtained  from  Him,  as  a 
Beautiful  Porch  unto  them;  and  which  Collected  would  make  a 
considerable  Volume." 

The  Terry-Church  copy. 

212.  MATHER  (COTTON).  Manuductio  ad  Ministerium: 
Directions  for  a  Candidate  of  the  Ministry.  Wherein,  First, 
a  Right  Foundation  is  laid  for  his  Future  Improvement ;  etc. 
Small  8vo,  full  pebbled  morocco,  gilt. 

Boston:  Printed  for  Thomas  Hancock,  1726 
Second  issue  of  the  First  Edition,  with  the  "Advertisement" 
on  page  150,  which  does  not  appear  in  the  first  issue,  announc- 
ing the  forthcoming  work  by  the  same  author,  ''Eatio  Eisci- 
plinae  Fratrum  Novanglorum. "  Neither  Sabin  nor  Evans 
notes  this  edition,  and  copies  seldom  appear.  The  present  copy 
contains  the  half  title. 

213.  MATHER  (INCREASE).  A  Relation  of  the  Troubles 
which  have  hapnd  in  New-England,  By  reasons  of  the  Indians 
there.  From  the  year  1614.  to  the  Year  1675.  Together  with 
an  Historical  Discourse  concerning  the  Prevalency  of  Prayer, 

71 


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shewing  that  New  Englands  late  deliverance  from  the  Rage 
of  the  Heathen  is  an  eminent  answer  of  Prayer.  Small  4to, 
full  brown  levant  morocco,  gilt  edges,  \iY  Riviere. 

Boston:  Printed  and  sold  by  John  Foster,  1677 
The  very  rare  First  Edition.  This  appears  to  be  one  of 
the  scarcest  of  Mather's  Tracts,  apparently  not  having  been 
reprinted  in  London.  The  top  edges  of  all  the  leaves  have  been 
remargined,  in  some  eases  affecting  the  text.  Collation: 
A2-L2 ;  A,A2,A,A2,  B-C4  in  fours. 

214.  MATHER  (INCREASE).  A  Brief  History  of  the 
War  with  the  Indians  in  New  England.  From  June  24,  1675. 
(When  the  first  Englishman  was  Murdered  by  the  Indians) 
to  August  12,  1676,  when  Philip,  alias  Metacomet,  the  prin- 
cipal Author  and  Beginner  of  the  War,  was  slain.  Small  4to, 
full  blue  levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

London:  Printed  for  Richard  Chiswell,  1676 
The  First  London  Edition.  Very  Rare.  Although  the 
title  calls  for  a  second  part  ("Serious  Exhortation"),  it  did 
not  appear  in  this  edition.  The  title-page  of  the  Boston  edition 
was  probably  copied  literally  without  reference  to  the  fact  that 
it  called  for  a  second  work.  This  is  a  history  of  King  Philip's 
War  written  in  answer  to  Wharton's  'New  Englajid's  Present 
Sufferings,  in  which  the  author  had  claimed  that  the  Indian 
War  was  in  retribution  for  the  sufferings  which  the  Quakers 
had  endured  at  the  hands  of  the  Puritans.     The  present  copy 

CONTAINS  THE  RARE  HALF-TITLE  AND  THE  POSTSCRIPT  OF  8  PAGES. 

The  Halsey  copy. 

215.  [MATHER  (INCREASE).]  A  Brief  Relation  of  the 
State  of  New  England,  From  the  Beginning  of  that  Planta- 
tion To  this  Present  Year,  1689.  In  a  Letter  to  a  Person  of 
Quality.  Licenced,  July  30,  1689.  4to,  full  crimson  levant 
morocco,  by  Riviere. 

London:  Printed  for  Richard  Baldwine,  1689 
Exceedingly  rare  original  edition,  and  in  very  good  con- 
dition. This  copy  contains  a  leaf  of  Advertisement  at  the  end 
not  called  for  in  Sabin's  collation,  nor  in  that  of  the  John 
Carter  Brown  catalogue.  Harvard  College  is  mentioned  in  the 
work.     The  Halsey  copy.     A-C2  in  fours. 


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216.  [MATHER  (INCREASE).]  A  Sixth  Collection  of 
Papers  Relating  to  the  Present  Juncture  of  Affairs  in  Eng- 
land. Small  4to,  full  polished  crimson  levant,  gilt  lettered  on 
back  and  on  front  panel,  gilt  inside  border,  gilt  edges  (lacks 
preliminary  and  final  blank  leaves,  margin  of  title  and  2  other 
leaves  slightly  strengthened). 

London:  Richard  Janeway,  1689 
One  of  the  Papers  in  this  collection  (No.  10),  "A  Narrative 
y  of  the  Miseries  of  New-England,  by  reason   of  an  Arbitrary 

Government  erected  there,"  is  by  Increase  Mather,  and  is  a 
complaint  against  the  arbitrary  acts  of  Sir  Edmund  Andros, 
in  order  to  obtain  relief  from  which,  Mather  had  gone  to  Eng- 
land.      It  contains  a  petition  to  the  king,  by  John  Gibson  and 

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George  Willow,  of  Cambridge,  New  England,  also  believed  ta 
have  been  drawn  up  by  Increase  Mather.  This  copy  measures 
7y2  by  5%  inches,  and  has  all  the  page  numbers  and  catch- 
words intact. 

217.  MATHER  (INCREASE).  Cases  of  Conscience  con- 
cerning evil  Spirits  Personating  Men,  Witchcrafts,  infallible 
Proofs  of  Guilt  in  such  as  are  accused  with  that  Crime.  Small 
8vo,  full  crimson  levant  morocco,  gilt,  green  crushed  levant 
morocco  doublure,  gilt  edges,  in  morocco  solander  case,  by  P. 
Bedford.     Boston :  Printed  and  sold  by  Benjamin  Harris,  1693 

First  Edition,  and  a  fine  clean  copy,  not  containing  the 
portrait,  which,  although  mentioned  by  Sabin  and  Evans,  was 
not  in  the  Brinley  copy,  nor  is  it  called  for  in  Church  collation. 
A  four  leaves,  B,  C,  D  in  eights,  E,  F,  and  G  in  fours. 

218.  [MAUDUIT  (ISRAEL).]  Strictures  on  the  Phila- 
delphia Mischianza  or  Triumph  upon  leaving  America  Un- 
conquered.  With  Extracts,  containing  the  principal  Part  of 
a  Letter,  published  in  the  ''American  Crisis."  8vo,  half  calf, 
gilt  top.  London :  Printed  for  J.  Bew,  1779 

Vert  Scarce.  The  Mischianza,  a  medley,  was  given  in  Phila- 
delphia, May  18,  1778,  at  a  farewell  banquet  to  Gen.  Howe. 
This  pamphlet  criticizes  the  conduct  of  General  Howe,  rather 
than  the  entertainment  itself.  Major  Andre,  and  Miss  Margaret 
Shippen,  who  afterwards  became  the  wife  of  Benedict  Arnold, 
took  the  prominent  parts  in  the  entertainment.  Title;  B,  C 
each  8  leaves;  D  four  leaves,  E  one  leaf. 

219.  [MAUDUIT  (ISRAEL).]  Three  Letters  to  Lord 
Viscount  Howe.  With  Remarks  on  the  Attack  at  Bunker's 
Hill.    8vo,  half  crimson  morocco,  gilt  lettered. 

London:  For  G.  Wilkie,  1780 

First  Edition.     A  strong  impeachment   of  the  conduct  of 

Lord  and  Sir  William  Howe,  during  their  command  in  America. 

220.  MESSAGE  from  the  President  of  the  United  States  to 
both  Houses  of  Congress  at  the  commencement  of  the  First 
Session  of  the  Twelfth  Congress.    8vo,  half  roan. 

Washington,  1811 
With  the  Documents  accompanying  the  Message;  the  folding 
tables ;  and  the  Proceedings  of  a  Court  of  Inquiry  on  board  the 
U.  S.  Frigate  ' '  The  President. ' ' 

221.  [MITCHELL  (JOHN).]  The  Contest  in  America 
between  Great  Britain  and  France,  with  Its  Consequences  and 
Importance ;  Giving  an  Account  of  the  Views  and  Designs  of 
the  French,  with  the  Interests  of  Great  Britain,  &c.  By  An 
Impartial  Hand.     8vo,  old  calf,  gilt  back. 

London:  Printed  for  A.  Millar,  1757 
First  Edition.     Fine  copy.    This  work,  which  relates  largely 
to  the  Ohio  Valley  and  to  the  French  and  English  settlements 
tir 

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222.  [MITCHILL  (SAMUEL  L.).]  The  Picture  of  New 
York;  or,  The  Traveller's  Guide,  through  the  Commercial 
Metropolis  of  the  Unitted  States.  By  a  Gentleman  residing  in 
this  City.  With  folding  map,  engraved  hy  Peter  Maverick. 
16mo,  original  roan.  New  York,  1807 

First  Edition.    The  Church  copy,  in  fine  condition. 


223.  MOODEY  (JOSHUA).  Souldiery  Spiritualized,  or, 
the  Christian  Souldier  Orderly,  and  Strenuously  Engaged  in 
the  Spiritual  Warre.  And  SO  fighting  the  good  Fight.  Rep- 
resented in  a  Sermon  Preached  at  Boston  in  New  England  on 
the  Day  of  the  Artillery  Election  there,  June  1.  1674.  Small 
4to,  boards  (two  leaves  defective). 

^  0  J  Cambridge :  Printed  by  Samuel  Green,  1674 

Op  Extreme  Rarity,  but  very  few  copies  having  been  offered 
at  auction.     The  Halsey  copy.     A-G2  in  fours. 

224.  MOORE  (FRANCIS).  A  Voyage  to  Georgia.  Begun 
in  the  Year  1735.  Containing,  An  Account  of  the  Settling 
of  the  Town  of  Frederica,  in  the  Southern  Part  of  the 
Province;  and  a  Description  of  the  Soil,  Air,  Birds,  Beasts, 
Trees,  Rivers,  Islands,  etc.  With  the  Rules  and  Orders  made 
by  the  Honourable  the  Trustees  for  that  Settlement;  includ- 
ing the  Allowances  of  Provisions,  Cloathing,  and  other  Neces- 
saries to  the  Families  and  Servants  which  went  thither.  Also, 
a  Description  of  the  Town  and  County  of  Savannah,  in  the 
Northern  part  of  the  Province;  the  Manner  of  dividing  and 
granting  the  Lands,  etc.  8vo,  contemporary  English  red  mo- 
rocco, gilt,  gilt  edges. 

London:  Printed  for  Jacob  Robinson,  1744 

The  extremely  scarce  First  Edition.  ''The  numbers  of 
the  Indian  tribes,  the  location  of  their  territories,  and  the  deal- 
ings of  the  wise  and  pacific  Oglethorpe  with  them,  form  the 
subject  of  much  of  the  volume.  Many  incidents  in  the  life  of 
the  good  chief  Tomo-chi-chi  are  given." — Wield.  The  present 
COPY  CONTAINS  THE  FINAL  UN-PAGED  LEAF,  frequently  lacking. 
The  Hoe  copy.     A-K3;  L-04  in  fours. 

225.  MORE  (NICHOLAS).  A  Letter  from  Doctor  More, 
with  Passages  out  of  several  Letters  from  Persons  of  good 
Credit.  Relating  to  the  State  and  Improvement  of  the  Pro- 
vince of  Pennsilvania.  Published  to  prevent  false  Reports. 
Small  4to,  full  levant  morocco,  gilt  edges,  by  Lortic. 

'  Jl  ^  [London]  :  Printed  in  the  Year  1687 

Extremely  Rare.     The  Preface  to  the  letter  is  by  William 

Penn.     It  was  written   to  refute  the  reports  that  the  people 

y  were  ready  to  famish,  and  that  the  land  was  so  barren,  and  the 

.    ^Jr  climate  so  hot,  that  grain,   roots  and  herbs  did  not  come  to 

U   ^  maturity.     A  fine  and  perfect  copy.     One  of  the  most  import- 

y  ant  books  relating  to  Pennsylvania.     The  Church  copy. 

74 


226.  MORSE  (JEDIDIAH).  A  Report  to  the  Secretary 
of  War  of  the  United  States,  on  Indian  Affairs,  comprising  a 
Narrative  of  a  Tour  performed  in  the  Summer  of  1820.  Large 
folding  colored  map.  8vo,  half  leather  (slightly  rubbed,  lacks 
portrait  and  list  of  errata) .  New-Haven,  1822 

Has  the  Edward  N.  Crane  bookplate. 


227.  MORTON  (NATHANIEL).  New-Englands  Memori- 
all :  or,  A  brief  Relation  of  the  most  Memorable  and  Remark- 
able Passages  of  the  Providence  of  God,  manifested  to  the 
Planters  of  New-England  in  America ;  With  special  Reference 
to  the  first  Colony  thereof,  called  New-Plimoth Pub- 
lished for  the  Use  and  Benefit  of  present  and  future  Genera- 
tions, By  Nathaniel  Morton,  Secretary  to  the  Court  for  the 
Jurisdiction  of  New-Plimoth.  Small  4to,  full  vellum,  gilt,  gilt 
edges,  with  silk  ties. 

Cambridge :  Printed  by  S.  G.  and  M.  J.  for  John  Usher  of 
Boston,  1669 

The   Original   Edition.      Of   the   utmost   ramty,   and   a 
splendid  copy. 
^  A  most  important  work  historically,  being  compiled  princi- 

/^  pally   from    the    Journals   of   William   Bradford    and    Thomas 

Winslow,  and  is  not  only  the  first  historical  work  printed  in 
Massachusetts,  but  is  the  first  historical  book  printed  in 
America. 


^ 


The  voyage  of  the  Mayflower  is  given  in  detail,  as  is  also 
the  story  of  the  Landing  and  First  Settlement  of  the.  Pilgrims. 

The  present  copy  is  entirely  perfect,  containing  not  only  the 
leaf  ''To  the  Reader,"  with  recto  blank,  but  also  the  5  leaves 
of  ' '  Chronological  Table ' '  at  the  end,  which  is  not  found  in  all 
copies.     The  Halsey  copy. 


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228.  MORTON  (THOMAS).  New  English  Canaan;  or, 
New  Canaan.  Containing  an  Abstract  of  New  England. 
Composed  in  three  Bookes.  Small  4to,  full  green  levant  mo- 
roeco,  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  W.  Pratt. 

Printed  at  Amsterdam  by  Jacob  Frederick  Stam,  1637 

The  First  Edition.  A  book  of  such  extreme  rarity  that 
Frederick  Muller,  the  eminent  bookseller  of  Amsterdam,  re- 
marks: ^'Although  this  hooTc  is  printed  in  my  native  place, 
Amsterdam,  I  have  never  seen  or  heard  of  it  here."  Sabin,  in 
_  the  Menzies  catalogue,  says :    * '  We  Tcnow  of  only  one  other  copy 

4   -^  in  the  United  States.'* 

The  work  is  interspersed  with  poems,  one  being  by  Ben 
Jonson  in  honor  of  the  "Baccanall  Triumphe  of  the  Nine 
Worthies  of  New  Canaan."  The  three  books  treat  of  The 
Manners  and  Customs  of  the  Natives;  The  Natural  Endow- 
ments of  the  Country;  What  People  are  Planted  There,  their 
Tenents  and  practice  of  their  Church. 

A  fine  and  perfect  copy. 

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V\/^ 


229.  [MOURT  (G.).]  A  Relation  or  Joiirnall  of  the  Be- 
ginning and  Proceedings  of  the  English  Plantation  setled  at 
Plimoth  in  New  England,  by  certaine  English  Aduenturers 
both  Merchants  and  others.  .  With  their  difficult  Passage  .... 
and  comfortable  Planting  ....  in  New  Plimoth.  As  also  a^ 
Relation  of  foure  seuerall  discoueries  since  made  by  some  of 
the  same  English  Planters  there  resident,  etc.  Small  4to,  full 
pebbled  morocco,  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

London:  Printed  for  lohn  Bellamie,  1622 

The  excessively  rare  original  edition. 

This  work,  which  must  always  be  considered  as  one  op 

THE    most    important    RELATING    TO    THE    EARLY    DAYS    OF    THE 

Colonists  at  Plymouth,  was   the  first  book  printed  in 
Great  Britain  on  the  settlement  of  the  Plymouth  Colony. 
/^  It  contains  an  almost  daily  journal  for  the  first  twelve  months^ 

including  accounts  of  "A  Journey  to  Packanokik,  the  habita- 
tion of  the  Great  King  Massasoyt " ;  "A  Voyage  made  by  ten 
of  our  Men  to  the  Kingdome  of  Nauset,  to  seeke  a  Boy  that 
had  lost  himself e  in  the  woods";  "A  journey  to  the  Kingdome 
of  Namaschet  in  defence  of  the  Great  King  Massasoyt  against 
the  Narrohigganset-s, "  etc. 

The  Deane  copy.    As  in  the  Church  copy,  the  collation  is :  A2, 
A3  (A  and  A4  probably  blank),  B-L4  in  fours. 

(See  Illustration.) 


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230.  [MURRAY  (JAMES).]  Sermons  to  Ministers  of 
State.  By  the  Author  of  Sermons  to  Asses.  Dedicated  to 
Lord  North,  Prime  Minister  of  England,  for  the  use  of  Re- 
ligious, Political,  and  Philosophical  Rationalists  in  Europe 
and  America.    8vo,  sewed.       Philadelphia :  Robert  Bell,  1783 

Very  rare.  Written  by  James  Murray,  the  Historian.  Ap- 
pended to  this  edition  is  ' '  The  humble  confession,  declaration, 
recantation,  and  apology  of  Benjamin  Towne,  Printer  of  Phila- 
delphia." This  laughable  composition  is  said  to  have  been 
written  by  the  Eev.  John  Witherspoon. 

231.  NEW  ENGLAND.  New  Englands  First  Fruits;  in 
Respect, 

Conversion  of  some 

First  of  the  Conviction  of  divers        of  the  Indians. 

Preparation  of  sundry 

2.  Of  the  Progresse  of  Learning,  in  the  CoUedge  at  Cam- 
bridge in  Massacusets  Bay.  With  divers  other  speciall  Mat- 
ters concerning  that  Countrey.  Small  4to,  full  red  crushed 
levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere. 

London:  Printed  by  R.  0.  and  G.  D.,  1643 
/  The  extremely  rare  Original  Edition.     This  tract,   the 

FIRST  OF  THE  ElIOT  INDIAN  TRACTS,  describes  the  EARLIEST 
attempts  to  civilize  and  CONVERT  THE  INDIANS  OF  NeW  ENG- 
LAND. It  also  contains  the  first  printed  account  of  Harvard 
CoUege.     The  Halsey  copy.     A-D2  in  fours. 

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A 

RELATION    OR 

Journall  of  the  beginning  and  proceedings: 

of  the  EngUih  Plantation  fetled  at^limoth  in  N  e  w 

England,  by  ceitairie Englifti  Aducdcursri boeh 

Merchants  and  ochcrs* 

With  their 'difficult  pafT^ge.thcir  fafe  ariuall,  their 

ioyfuU  building  of,  and  comfortable  planting  them- 

jfclucs  in  the  now  well  defended  Townc 

of  New  PLiMbTH. 

AS  ALSO  A  RELATION    OF  FOVXE 

{cuerall  difcouerics  fince  made  by  fomc  of  the 

'  fame  Englilh  Planters  there  refident, 

/.  /tsaiourKfy  toVv CKAKOKicmthe hahitatioii of'theJndiAHS greA 
tep  King  Malfafoyc  :  asalfothctrmeffage,  theanfiver  wd  euterHhrnerji:. 
they  had Qf  him, 

./  /.  In  n  voyage  made  by  ten  of  them  to  the  Kingdome  ofl^^vjCety  foffek£ 
e  hoy  that  bad  loft  himfelfe  m  the  "woods  :  with  (tick  acctdents  a^.  (>&fell  thenu 
iff  f  hat  voyage, 

1 1 1 Antheiriourney  to  the  Kingdome  o/Namafchet,  in  defence  ofthet*^ 
greateflKhgMzihCQyZf  againflthe  Narrohiggonfecs,  andtoreuengethe 
JHppofed  death  ofthetr.  Interpreter  Tifquantum. 
.  Ill.J,Xh^y voyage  to  the  MalFachufets^  and  their  enter tai:^meni  there^ 

Withan  anf\rerto  dl  fuchobieftionsasareanywaymadE 

againlVthc  lawful  nelfe  of  Englifli  plamacions 

in  chofe  parts. 


LONDON, 

J^iinted  for  hbi  Bellamie,  and  are  to  be  fold  at  his  (hop  at  the  tWO 
Grcyhoufidsin  C<»nlull necrc  the  Rayall Exch^in^e,  i^zu 

See  Lot  229. 
[Title-page  slightly  reduced.] 


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232.  NEW  ENGLAND.  The  Present  State  of  New-England, 
With  Respect  to  the  Indian  War.  Wherein  is  an  Account  of 
the  true  Reason  thereof  (as  far  as  can  be  judged  by  Men). 
Together  with  most  of  the  Remarkable  Passages  that  have 
happened  from  the  20th  of  June,  till  the  10th  of  November, 
1675.  Faithfully  Composed  by  a  Merchant  of  Boston,  and 
Communicated  to  his  Friend  in  London.  Folio,  full  green 
straight-grain  morocco,  by  Riviere. 

London:  Printed  for  Dorman  Newman,  1675 
King  Philip's  War  Narrative,  Folio  No.  1.  The  First 
Edition,  with  "New-England"  printed  in  capitals.  A  speci- 
men of  the  Indian  language,  from  Eliot 's  Indian  Bible,  appears 
on  p.  11.  The  Council  Eeports  are  in  large  Black  Letter.  Fine 
copy. 

233.  NEW  ENGLAND.  A  Continuation  Of  the  State  of 
New-England ;  Being  a  Farther  Account  of  the  Indian  Warr, 
and  of  the  Engagement  betwixt  the  Joynt  Forces  of  the 
United  English  Collonies  and  the  Indians,  on  the  19th  of 
December  1675 Together  Avith  an  Account  of  the  in- 
tended Rebellion  of  the  Negroes  in  the  Barbadoes.  Folio,  full 
green  straight-grain  morocco,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere. 

>  London :  Printed  by  T.  M.  for  Dorman  Newman,  1676 

King  Philip's  War  Narrative,  Folio  No.  2.  Choice  copy. 
Very  rare.  This  pamphlet  covers  the  history  of  the  war  from 
November  10,  1675,  to  February  8  of  the  following  year.  The 
remonstrance  of  the  Council  of  Massachusetts  to  the  inhabit- 
ants of  the  colony  is  printed  in  Black  Letter.     The  Halsey  copy. 

234.  NEW  ENGLAND.  A  New. and  Further  Narrative  Of 
the  State  of  New-England,  being  a  Continued  Account  of  the 
Bloudy  Indian- War,  From  March  till  August,  1676.  Folio, 
full  green  straight-grain  morocco,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere. 

London:  Printed  by  J.  B.  for  Dorman  Newman,  1676 
King   Philip's   War  Narrative,   Folio   No.    3.      Original 
y  Edition.      This    tract    carries    the    narrative    from    March    to 

August,  1676.  Eich  was  of  the  opinion  that  the  same  person 
wrote  the  first  three  narratives  of  this  series.  Very  fine  copy. 
A-D  in  twos.     The  Halsey  copy. 

235.  NEW  ENGLAND.  A  True  Account  of  the  Most  Con- 
siderable Occurrences  That  have  hapned  in  the  Warre  between 
the  English  and  the  Indians  in  New-England,  From  the  Fifth 
of  May,  1676,  to  the  Fourth  of  August  last;  as  also  of  the 
Successes  it  hath  pleased  God  to  give  the  English  against 
them:  As  it  hath  been  communicated  by  Letters  to  a  Friend 
in  London.     The  most  Exact  Account  yet  Printed.     Folio, 

^  full  green  straight-grain  morocco,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere. 

%^)t  ^  London :  Printed  for  Benjamin  Billingsley,  1676 

King  Philip's  War  Narrative,  Folio  No.  4.  Very  scarce. 
Fine  copy.  This  work  is  by  a  different  hand  from  the  first 
three  narratives  of  this  series,  the  author  stating  that  he  was 
"assured  that  what  hath  been  made  Publick  from  the  be- 
ginning, relating  to  that  Affair,  hath  not  been  represented  so 
exactly  as  it  might  have  been.''     The  Halsey  copy. 

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236.  NEW  ENGLAND.  News  from  New-England,  being 
a  True  and  last  Account  of  the  present  Bloody  Wars  carried 
on  betwixt  the  Infidels,  Natives,  and  the  English  Christians, 
and  Converted  Indians  of  New  England,  declaring  the  many 
Dreadful  Battles  Fought  betwixt  them,  etc.  Licensed  by 
Roger  L 'Estrange.  Small  4to,  full  green  levant  morocco,  gilt, 
gilt  edges,  by  F.  Bedford. 

London:  Printed  for  J.  Coniers,  1676 

First  Edition.     This  tract  is  of  such  rarity,  that  when 

Mr.  Drake  reprinted  it  in  1850,  he  supposed  the  copy  in  the 

John  Carter  Brown  Library  was  unique.     The  present  copy  is 

in  fine  and  perfect  state.     The  Church  copy. 

237.  NEW  ENGLAND.  The  War  in  New-England  Visibly 
Ended.  King  Philip  that  barbarous  Indian  now  Beheaded, 
and  most  of  his  Bloudy  Adherents  submitted  to  Mercy,  the 
Rest  fled  far  up  into  the  Countrey,  which  hath  given  the  In- 
habitants Encouragement  to  prepare  for  their  Settlement. 
Being  a  True  and  Perfect  Account  brought  in  by  Caleb  More 
Master  of  a  Vessel  newly  Arrived  from  Rhode-Island.  Folio, 
full  green  straight-grain  morocco,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere. 

London :  Printed  by  J.  B.  for  Francis  Smith,  1677 
King  Philip's  War  Narrative,  Folio  No.  5.  This  is  the 
last  of  the  King  Philip 's  War  Narratives  published  in  folio,  and 
ascribed  to  Richard  Hutchinson.  Some  copies  have  a  different 
imprint  reading  ''Printed  by  J.  B.  for  Dorman  Newman." 
Fine  copy. 

238.  NEW  ENGLAND.  [Ward  (Ned).]  Letters  from 
New  England  concerning  their  Customs,  Manners  and  Re- 
ligion. Written  upon  occasion  of  a  Report  about  a  Quo  War- 
ranto brought  against  that  Grovernment.  pp.  9.  Small  folio, 
paper.  Printed  for  Randolph  Taylor:  London,  1682 

A  fine  copy  of  an  exceedingly  rare  tract,  describing  or  rather 
libelling  the  morals  of  Boston  200  years  ago. 

This  remarkable  letter,  written  with  a  free,  flowing  and 
gossiping  pen,  is  signed  ''J.  W. "  It  is  a  most  extraordinary 
production,  both  for  the  matter  it  contains  and  its  extreme 
rarity— Sabin  N-52641. 

239.  NEW  JERSEY.  An  Abstract,  or  Abbreviation  of 
some  Few  of  the  May  (Later  and  Former)  Testimonys  from 
the  Inhabitants  of  New-Jersey,  and  other  Eminent  Persons. 
Who  have  Wrote  Particularly  Concerning  that  Place.  Small 
4to,  full  blue  levant  morocco,  by  Riviere. 

London:  Printed  by  Thomas  Milbourn,  1681 
Of  the  utmost  rarity,  possibly  not  over  five  copies  being 
EXTANT.  The  tract  is  one  of  a  series  published  by  the  Scottish 
proprietors  with  a  view  to  inducing  people  to  emigrate  to  New 
Jersey.  There  are  six  tracts  known  to  have  been  published, 
of  which  this  is  the  second.  At  the  end,  filling  pages  30-32,  is. 
**An  Exstract  Out  of  a  Small  Treatise  by  Beauchamp  Plan- 
tagenet.  Concerning  the  Province  of  New- Albion,  in  the  year, 
1648.''     The  Halsey  copy.     A-D4  in  fours. 

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240.  NEW  JERSEY  LAWS.  The  Acts  of  the  General 
Assembly  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey,  from  the  Time  of 
the  Surrender  of  the  Government  of  the  said  Province,  to  the 
Fourth  Year  of  the  Reign  of  King  George  the  Second.  Col- 
lected and  Published  by  Order  of  the  Said  Assembly.  With 
a  Table  of  the  Principal  Matters  therein  contained.  Folio, 
half  brown  morocco  (somewhat  damaged  by  fire  and  smoke, 
each  leaf  protected  on  both  sides  by  transparent  gauze,  inner 
margin  of  each  leaf  strengthened;  2  leaves,  pp.  275-278, 
missing) . 

Philadelphia:  Printed  and  Sold  by  William  and  Andrew 
Bradford,  1732 

Very  Bare.  Title  and  one  leaf;  B2-B4;  B-Mm;  Mm4-Nn; 
Table  6  leaves. 

241.  NEW  JERSEY  LAWS.  The  Acts  of  the  General  As- 
sembly of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey,  from  the  Time  of  the 
Surrender  of  the  Government  in  the  Second  Year  of  the  Reign 
of  Queen  Anne,  to  this  present  Time,  being  the  Twenty  Fifth 
Year  of  the  Reign  of  King  George  the  Second.     By  Samuel 

/        Nevill.     Folio,  original  calf. 

[Philadelphia]  :  Printed  by  William  Bradford,  1752 

Very  Eare.  Sound  and  perfect  copy,  with  orJginal  end- 
leaves.  Autograph  of  John  Coxe  on  title-page  has  been  inked 
through. 

242.  NEW  JERSEY.  The  Petitions  and  Memorials  of  the 
Proprietors  of  West  and  East-Jersey,  to  the  Legislature  of 
New- Jersey,  together  with  a  Map  of  the  State  of  New-Jersey, 
and  the  Country  adjacent:  and  also  an  Appendix.  8vo,  half 
brown  straight-grain  morocco,  uncut. 

New  York:  Printed  by  Shepard  Kollock  [1784] 

Fine  copy.  Eare.  The  appendix  covers  the  "dispute  re- 
specting the  right  of  property  in  a  tract  of  land  containing 
above  400,000  acres  in  the  Heart  of  New  Jersey,  and  which 
dispute  may  ultimately  destroy  the  Title  to  above  400,000  more 
in  different  parts  of  the  State." 

The  present  copy  contains  the  two  leaves  of  errata,  and  also 
Appendixes  VIII  and  IX;  which  refer  to  the  New  York  and 
New  Jersey  boundaries,  and  contains  a  Petition  to  the  Legis- 
lature regarding  same.  William  Penn's  name  heads  the  list 
of  some  of  the  Proprietors.     The  Crane  copy.     A-M4  in  fours. 

243.  NEW  NETHERLANDS.  Kort  Yerhael  van  Nievw 
Nederlants.  Gelegentheit,  Deughden,  Natuerlijke  Voorrechten, 
en  byzondere  bequaemheidt  ter  bevolkingh,  etc.  Small  4to, 
full  light  brown  crushed  levant  morocco,  Jansen  style,  gilt  in- 
.side  borders,  by  The  Club  Bindery. 

[Amsterdam]  :  Gedrukt  in  't  Jaer,  1662 

This  book  was  written  by  a  Mennonite,  in  behalf  of  some  per- 
son imploring  his  assistance.     It  is  one  of  the  most  interesting 

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and  scarce  books  on  New  Netherland.  Muller  was  able  to  find 
only  3  copies  in  the  course  of  20  years.  The  writer  had  radical 
ideas  upon  government  and  church,  and  on  the  liberty  of  speak- 
ing and  writing.  This  copy  has  the  slip  ' '  Opdracht  den  Lezer ' ' 
(note  to  the  readers)  pasted  on  verso  of  the  title,  the  same  as 
the  Lenox  copy.     The  E.  D.  Church  copy. 


244.  NEW  YORK.  The  Constitution  of  the  State  of  New 
York.  Small  8vo,  half  green  morocco,  gilt,  gilt  top,  by  Brad- 
streets.  Philadelphia :  Styner  &  Cist,  1777 

The  first  proposed  Constitution  of  New  York.  Very  rare. 
The  H.  W.  Poor  copy. 

245.  NEW  YORK  CITY.  Account  of  the  Terrific  and 
Fatal  Riot  at  the  New-York  Astor  Place  Opera  House,  On 
the  night  of  May  10th,  1849 ;  with  the  Quarrels  of  Forrest  and 
Macready,  including  all  the  Causes  which  led  to  that  Awful 
Tragedy.  Frontispiece.  32  pp.  Svo,  original  printed  wrap- 
pers, in  folding  case  of  brown  silk.  New  York,  1849 

246.  NEW  YORK  AND  NEW  JERSEY  BOUNDARY 
LINE.  1754.  [Petition]  To  His  Excellency  Jonathan 
Belcher,  Esq. ;  Captain  General  and  Governor  in  Chief  of  the 
Province  of  New-Jersey,  and  Territories  thereon  depending 
in  America,  Chancellor  and  Vice-Admiral  in  the  same.  The 
Humble  Representation  of  the  Council  of  Proprietors  of  the 
Eastern  Division  of  New  Jersey.  [Signed  and  dated]  By 
Order  of  the  Council  of  Proprietors  of  East-New-Jersey, 
Andrew  Johnston,  President;  [also.  Proceedings]  At  a  Coun- 
cil held  at  the  Borough  of  Elizabeth,  on  Thursday,  August  the 
22d,  1754  [with  Report  of  the  Committee,  signed  by  Peter 
Kemble,  August  23,  1754,  relating  to  the  foregoing  Petition.] 
Pages  47-59.    Folio,  new  boards,  uncut. 

[New  York:  James  Parker  and  W.  Weyman,  1754] 

Extremely  rare  and  interesting  historical  item.  The 
petition  is  an  answer  to  two  communications  sent  to  the  Pro- 
prietors by  the  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  the  first  of  which  al- 
ludes to  the  Eeport  of  the  Council  of  New  York;  the  second 
relates  to  a  Letter  of  the  Governor  of  New  York. 

Although  without  imprint  or  printer's  mark  the  typography 
shows  the  same  characteristics  exhibited  in  the  smaller  font  used 
by  Parker  in  printing  the  ofl&cial  documents  of  the  day. 

247.  NODAL  (BARTOLOME  GARCIA  DE  and  GON- 
CALO  DE).  Relacion  del  viaje  que  por  orden  de  sv  Magd  y 
acverdo  del  Real  Consejo  de  Indias,  Hizieron  los  Capitanes 
Bartolome  Garcia  de  Nodal  y  Goncalo  de  Nodal  hermanos  .  .  . 

^  al  descubrimiento  del  estrecho  nuebo  de  S.  Vincente  y  recono- 
simio  del  de  Magellanes.  Fine  engraved  title  in  compart- 
ments, with  portraits  of  the  brothers  Nodal,  and  the  original 

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CHART   engraved   on   copper.     Small   4to,   in   handsome   old 
Spanish  morocco,  gilt  arms  of  Spain  >on  sides. 

Madrid:  Por  Fernando  Correa  de  Montenegro,  1621 

A  FINE   COPY  OF  THE  EXTREMELY  R^VRE  EARLIEST  EDITION,  with 

the  chart  in  fine  state,  excepting  two  slight  tears  on  inner  mar- 
gin. This  chart  is  particularly  rare  and  valuable,  hav- 
ing BEEN    SUPPRESSED  BY  THE   SPANISH    GOVERNMENT. 

The  work  gives  an  account  of  the  Spanish  expedition  sent 
out  by  order  of  Philip  III.  immediately  after  the  return  of 
Schouten's  expedition,  for  the  exploration  of  the  Magellan 
Straits.  The  brothers  Nodal  sailed  from  Lisbon,  Sept.  27, 
1618,  and  did  not  return  until  July  9  of  the  following  year. 
They  had  with  them  two  Dutch  pilots,  Jan  de  Witte,  named  in 
the  narrative,  and  Valentine  Jansz,  who  wrote  another  account 
of  the  same  voyage.  The  Strait  Le  Maire  was  rechristened 
S.  Vincent,  which  name  it  retained  for  some  time  on  Spanish 
maps. 

The  PRESENT  copy  contains  THE  SUPPLEMENT  (not  mentioned 
by  Kich)  "  Tahla  para  saber  las  horas"  and  " Eelacion  Sumaria 
de  los  servicios  de  los  Capitanes  .  .  .  Nodal."  12  preliminary 
leaves;  A-H9  in  eights;  a-b7  in  eights.     The  Brinley  copy. 

248.  NORTON  (JOHN).  Abel  being  Dead  yet  speaketh; 
or,  the  Life  &  Death  of  that  deservedly  Famous  Man  of  God, 
Mr.  John  Cotton,  Late  Teacher  of  the  Church  of  Christ,  at 
Boston  in  New  England.     Small  4to,  half  green  morocco. 

4D  \  London:  Printed  by  Tho.  Newcomb,  1658 

^  Extremely  scarce.     The  last  five  pages  contain  a  catalogue 

of  books  printed  for  L.  Lloyd,  including  several  works  by  New 

England  divines.     An  edition  of  this  appeared  in  1657  with  the 

title  ''Life  and  Death  of  Mr.  John  Cotton.'' 

249.  NORTON  (JOHN).  The  Redeemed  Captive.  Being 
a  Narrative  Of  the  taking  and  carrying  into  Captivity  The 
Reverend  Mr.  John  Norton,  When  Fort-Massachusetts  Sur- 
rendered to  a  large  Body  of  French  and  Indians,  August  20, 
1746.     Small  8vo,  full  crimson  levant  morocco,  by  Bradstreet. 

Boston :  Printed  &  Sold  opposite  the  Prison,  1748 

Bare.  Norton  was  taken  captive  during  Shirley's  War,  and 
this  narrative  was  written  on  his  return  from  Canada.  On  the 
verso  of  title  is  a  contemporary  inscription  [Nov.  28,  1748]. 
The  Church  copy. 

250.  OAKES  (URIAN).  New-England  Pleaded  with,  And 
pressed  to  consider  the  things  which  concern  her  Peace  at 
least  in  this  her  Day.  Delivered  in  a  Sermon  Preached  at 
Boston  in  New-England,  May  7.  1673.  being  the  Day  of  Elec- 
tion there.  Small  4to,  full  brown  levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt 
edges.  Cambridge :  Printed  by  Samuel  Green,  1673 

Excessively  rare  election  sermon,  and  the  first  published 
work  of  President  Oakes,  who  was  graduated  from  Harvard  in 
1649.  In  the  present  copy,  the  title  and  a  few  leaves  have  been 
repaired;  a  portion  of  the  last  line  on  p.  63  has  been  supplied 
in  ink,  where  originally  un-printed,  and  edges  somewhat  frayed. 
A-I3  in  fours.     The  Halsey  copy. 

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251.  OAKES  (UEIAN).  The  Unconquerable,  All-Conquer- 
ing, &  more-then-Conquering  Souldier  ....  as  it  was  Dis- 
coursed in  a  Sermon  Preached  at  Boston  in  New-England,  on 
the  Day  of  the  Artillery-Election  there,  June  3d.  1672.  Small 
4to,  boards.  Cambridge :  Printed  by  Samuel  Green,  1674 

Excessively  rare,  more  so  than  the  same  author's  ''New- 
England  Pleaded  With"  [q.  v.]  no  copy  of  which  was  in  any  of 
the  large  American  collections  dispersed  in  recent  years.  The 
Halsey  copy.     A-F3  in  fours. 

252.  PALMER  (JOHN).  An  Impartial  Account  of  the 
State  of  New  England :  or,  the  Late  Government  there.  Vindi- 
cated. In  Answer  to  the  Declaration  Which  the  Faction  set 
forth,  when  they  Overturned  That  Government.  With  a  Re- 
lation of  the  Horrible  Usage  they  treated  the  Governour  with, 
and  his  Council;  and  all  that  had  His  Majesty's  Commission. 
In  a  Letter  to  the  Clergy  there.  Small  4to,  full  crimson  levant 
morocco,  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  W.  Pratt. 

London:  Printed  for  Edward  Poole,  1690 
Very  Scarce.  Written  by  an  adherent  of  Sir  Edmund 
Andros.  It  is  a  reply  to  Nathaniel  Byfield's  ''Declaration,'^ 
and  also,  Hildeburn  says,  to  Increase  Mather's  ''Present  State 
of  New  England  Affairs. ' '  A  fine  perfect  copy.  The  Lefferts- 
Halsey  copy. 

253.  PENHALLOW  (SAMUEL).  The  History  of  the 
Wars  of  New  England,  with  the  Eastern  Indians,  or,  a  Nar- 
rative Of  their  continued  Perfidy  and  Cruelty  from  the  10th 
of  August,  1703.  To  the  Peace  renewed  13th  of  July,  and 
from  the  25th  of  July  1722  ....  to  August  5,  1726.  Small 
8vo,  full  brown  pigskin,  gilt  edges,  by  Hathaway. 

Boston:  T.  Fleet  for  S.  Gerrish,  1726 
First  Edition,  classed  by  Sabin  and  other  American  bibli- 
ographers  as   ONE   OF   THE   RAREST   OF   NeW   ENGLAND   IMPRINTS 
AND  OF  THE  UTMOST  IMPORTANCE  IN  ANY  CONDITION.       The  pres- 
ent copy  has  sigs.  Bi,  S2  and  S4  in  facsimile,  margin  of  title 
and  a  few  inner  margins  repaired,  and  some  page-numbers  cut 
V   into.     It   is    almost    impossible    to    secure    a    perfect    copy    of 
^  1  f   ^    this  book.      The  author  was  esteemed  the  highest  authority  on 
the  Indian  wars  of  that  period. 

254.  [PENN  (WILLIAM).]  Some  Account  of  the  Pro- 
vince of  Pennsilvania  in  America;  Lately  Granted  under  the 
Great  Seal  of  England  to  William  Penn,  &c.  Together  with 
Priviledges  and  Powers  necessary  to  the  well-governing  there- 
of.   Folio,  full  olive  levant  morocco,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere. 

London :  Printed,  and  Sold  by  Benjamin  Clark,  1681 

^  The  EXTREMELY  RARE  ORIGINAL   EDITION,    AND  THE  FIRST  PUB- 

LICATION    RELATING     TO     THE     PROVINCE     AFTER     THE     GRANT     TO 

Penn.  In  this  tract  we  have  the  origin  of  quit-rents,  which 
gave  considerable  uneasiness  in  the  province.  It  gives  also  a 
picture  of  the  social  condition  in  England.  The  Halsey  copy. 
A-C  in  twos. 

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255.  PENNSYLVANIA.  The  Frame  of  the  Government 
of  the  Province  of  Pennsilvania  in  America:  Together  with 
certain  Laws  agreed  upon  in  England  by  the  Governour  and 
Divers  Free-men  of  the  aforesaid  Province.    Folio,  half  calf. 

[London]  :  Printed  in  the  Year  MDCLXXXII 
The  original  issue  of  this  work,  printed  by  William 
Bradford,  before  he  came  to  America.  As  this  is  the  only 
edition  of  the  First  Charter  printed  in  England  before  1689,  it 
must  have  been  printed  privately  by  Bradford  on  one  of  his 
master's  [Sowle]  presses.  On  the  occasion  of  Bradford's  ex- 
amination before  the  Governor  and  Council  of  Pennsylvania  in 
1689,  in  reply  to  the  question,  '  *  By  whose  order  did  you  print 
it  [The  Frame  of  Government  or  Charter]  in  England?"  Brad- 
ford answered,  ' '  By  Governour  Penn  's. ' '     The  volume  is  of 

THE  UTMOST  IMPORTANCE  AND  RARITY.      The  Church  COpy.     A-D8 

in  twos. 

256.  PENNSYLVANIA..  The  Laws  of  the  Province  of 
Pennsilvania  Collected  into  One  Volumn,  By  Order  of  the 
Governour  and  Assembly  of  the  said  Province.  Small  folio, 
full  crimson  crushed  levant  morocco,  ribbed  and  gilt  lettered 
back,  gilt  inside  borders,  gilt  edges,  by  Bradstreet 's. 

Printed  &  Sold  by  Andr.  Bradford  in  Philadelphia,  1714 

Extremely  Eare.  The  first  printed  collection  of  the  Laws 
V  of  Pennsylvania.      Hildebrun   says  it   ^'was  intended  to  give 

in  full  all  the  laws  then  in  force,  with  the  titles  of  such  as  were 
obsolete,  expired  or  repealed.  Several  acts,  and  the  titles  of 
about  a  dozen  which  should  have  been  included,  are  omitted." 
The  pagination  is  very  erratic  and  there  are  many  typographi- 
cal errors,  but  all  the  catchwords  run  regularly.  This  copy, 
which  has  the  signature  of  Charlemagne  Tower  on  fly-leaf,  con- 
tains an  inserted  blank  leaf,  but  is  perfect  according  to  the 
detailed  collation  given  by  Hildeburn.  There  are  very  few 
copies  of  these  Laws  known  to  be  in  existence,  and  several  are 
imperfect. 

The  E.  D.  Church  copy,  with  bookplate. 

257.  [PETEES  (SAMUEL).]  A  General  History  of  Con- 
necticut, from  its  First  Settlement  under  George  Fenwick, 
Esq.  To  its  Latest  Period  of  Amity  with  Great  Britain,  in- 
cluding a  Description  of  the  Country,  And  many  curious  and 
interesting  Anecdotes.  By  a  Gentleman  of  the  Province.  8vo, 
full  blue  levant  morocco,  gilt-tooled  back,  panels,  and  inside 
borders,  gilt  edges,  by  Pratt. 

London:  Printed  for  the  Author,  1781 

First  Edition.  Very  rare.  Fine,  large  copy,  measuring  8 
by  4%  inches.  The  author  of  this  very  curious  history  was  a 
colonial  royalist  and  was  obliged  to  fly  to  England  during  the 
Eevolution.  His  work  is  a  most  interesting  array  of  ingenuous 
exaggerations,  such  as  his  description  of  Cohoes  Falls,  the  in- 
vasion of  "Windham  by  an  army  of  frogs,  &c.  It  contains  also 
an  account,  and  curiously  enough,  a  defence,  of  the  New  Eng- 
land practice  of  Bundling.  In  other  respects  he  is  very  severe 
on  the  inhabitants  of  Connecticut,  attributing  to  them  some 
very  extraordinary  ' '  Blue  Laws, ' '  &c.     The  E.  D.  Church  copy. 

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258.  PITMAN  (HENRY).  A  Relation  of  the  Great  Suf- 
ferings and  Strange  Adventures  of  Henry  Pitman,  Chyrur- 
gion  to  the  late  Duke  of  Monmouth.  Small  4to,  full  blue 
levant  morocco,  gilt  top,  uncut,  by  W.  Pratt. 

London:  Printed  by  Andrew  Sowle,  1689 
First  Edition.    Fine  copy,  rarely  found  in  uncut  state. 
Pitman  gives  a  brief  description  of  New  York  as  he  found  it. 
s/^  ^  ' '  The  next  day  we  went  up  to  New  YorJc,  where  as  I  ivas  walk- 

ing one  morning  on  the  Bridge,  I  accidentally  met  with  a  per- 
son I  Tcnew,  that  lately  came  from  Bariadoes."  The  reference 
to  the  ' '  Bridge ' '  is  probably  the  bridge  over  the  ditch  at  Broad 
street.     The  Lefferts-Halsey  copy. 

259.  [PLANTAGENET  (BEAUCHAMP).]  A  Descrip- 
tion of  the  Province  of  New  Albion.  And  a  Direction  for 
Adventurers  with  small  stock  to  get  two  for  one,  and  good 
land  freely :  And  for  Gentlemen,  and  all  Servants,  Labourers, 
and  Artificers  to  live  plentifully.  And  a  former  Description 
re-printed  of  the  healthiest,  pleasantest,  and  richest  Planta- 
tion of  New  Albion  in  North  Virginia,  proved  by  thirteen  wit- 
nesses. Together  with  A  Letter  from  Master  Robert  Evelin, 
that  lived  there  many  years,  shewing  the  particularities,  and 

y  excellency  thereof.     Small  4to,  full  crimson  levant  morocco, 
by  Riviere.  [London]  :  Printed  in  the  Year  1648 

The  extremely  rare  First  Edition.  The  country  described 
includes  portions  of  Long  Island,  ^'Manhatas  Isle,''  New  Jer- 
sey, Pennsylvania,  and  Delaware.  On  page  32  the  printer  has 
left  a  blank  space  between  lines  12  and  13  to  be  filled  in  with 
the  names  of  different  places.  In  the  present  copy  no  names 
have  been  inserted.     The  Halsey  copy.     A-D4  in  fours. 

260.  [PRINCE  (THOMAS).]  The  Vade  Mecum  for 
America;  or,  a  Companion  for  Traders  and  Travellers  Con- 
taining Tables,  the  names  of  Towns,  a  description  of  the  prin- 
cipal roads,  the  names  of  the  streets  of  Boston,  etc.  Narrow 
12mo,  original  sheep  (lacks  the  4  numbered  pages  at  front, 
and  24  pages  at  the  end,  a  few  edges  frayed).       Boston,  1732 

First  Edition.     Practically  the  First  American  Guide  Book. 

261.  PRINCE  (THOMAS).  A  Chronological  History  of 
New  England  in  the  Form  of  Annals.  Vol.  1  only.  12mo,  old 
calf.  Boston:  Kneeland  and  Green,  1736 

Very  Scarce.     This  volume   carries   the   annals  up   to   1630. 
Of  a  second  volume,  but  three  numbers  were  issued.     These  are 
very  rare,  having  been  issued  several  years  after  volume  one, 
-^^  and  are  consequently  seldom  found  with  it.     Contains  the  list 

of  subscribers,  occupying  20  pp.  and  the  4  pp.  of  additions  at 
the  end. 

262.  PRINCE  (THOMAS).  Extract  of  a  Sermon  preach 'd 
at  the  South  Church  in  Boston,  November  27,  1746,  By  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Thomas  Prince,  occasioned  by  the  surprising  Ap- 

(^       pearance  of  Divine  Providence  for  North  America,   in  the 

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destruction  of  the  French  Fleet  and  army  sent  to  Chebucktah 
the  preceding  summer:  And  re-printed  at  this  time  with  a 
view  to  encourage  and  animate  the  people  ....  under  the 
severe  and  keen  distresses  now  taking  place  in  Boston  and 
Charlestown;  by  the  rigorous  execution  of  The  late  Act  of  the 
British  Parliament,  called  The  Boston  Port-Bill.  Small  8vo, 
sewn. 

Watertown  [Mass.]  :  Re-printed  and  sold  by  B.  Edes,  1776 

From  the  Press  at  Watertown,  the  temporary  haven  of  Edes 
the  Boston  printer,  any  issue  of  which  is  extremely  rare. 

263.  PSALMS  of  David  (The),  with  The  Ten  Command- 
ments, Creed,  Lord's  Prayer,  &c.  In  Metre.  Also,  The 
Catechism,  Confession  of  Faith,  Liturgy,  &c.  Translated 
from  the  Dutch.  For  the  Use  of  the  Reformed  Protestant 
Dutch  Church  of  the  City  of  New- York.  8vo,  full  blue  levant 
morocco,  gilt  top,  uncut,  by  Canape. 

^  New  York :  Printed  by  James  Parker,  1767 

Rare.  This  is  the  First  Edition,  in  English,  of  the  Prayer- 
Book  of  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church  of  the  City  of  New  York. 
The  Psalms  were  rendered  into  English  verse  by  Francis  Hop- 
kinson,  one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence, 
and  are  accompanied  by  the  printed  music. 

264.  QUINCY  (JOSIAH).  Observations  on  the  Act  of 
Parliament  commonly  called  The  Boston  Port-Bill:  Vvith 
Thoughts  on  Civil  Society  and  Standing  Armies.  8vo,  half 
maroon  morocco,  gilt  top.      Boston,  N.  E. :  Edes  and  Gill,1774 

First  Edition.  This  is  Quiney's  most  important  historical 
work  and  had  a  very  appreciable  effect  on  British  public  opinion 
immediately  preceding  the  Revolution.  It  was  here  shown  that 
the  Colonists  were  as  well  versed  in  the  nature  and  grounds  of 
civil  and  religious  liberty  as  were  those  in  England,  and  a  new 
respect  for  Colonial  opinion  became  noticeable. 

This  scarce  pamphlet  was  reprinted  in  Philadelphia  and  in 
London  in  the  same  year  as  this  original  Boston  edition.  The 
Church  copy. 

265.  RAFINESQUE  (C.  S.).  Ancient  History;  or,  Annals 
of  Kentucky;  with  a  survey  of  the  Ancient  Monuments  of 
North  America.    8vo,  half  red  morocco,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

Frankfort  in  Kentucky:  Printed  for  the  Author,  1824 

Fine  copy  of  a  scarce  pamphlet  on  the  early  history  of  Ken- 
tucky.    With  the  Leffert's  book  label. 

266.  ROGERS  (MAJOR  ROBERT).  Journals  of  Major 
Robert  Rogers :  containing  An  Account  of  the  several  Excur- 
sions he  made  under  the  Generals  v>'ho  commanded  upon  the 
Continent  of  North  America,  during  the  late  War.  From 
which  may  be  collected  The  most  material  Circumstances  of 
every  Campaign  upon  that  Continent,  from  the  Commence- 

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ment  to  the  Conclusion  of  the  War.     8vo,  full  brown  levant 

morocco,  gilt  top,  by  Adams  Bindery. 

London :  Printed  for  the  Author,  1765 
The  original  edition,  with  the  half  title,  leaf  of  "Ad- 
vertisement" and  leaf  of  "Boohs  printed  for  J.  Milieu." 
The  author  was  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  and  during  the 
French  and  Indian  War  became  one  of  the  most  noted  Partisan 
Chiefs  of  that  period.  These  Journals,  covering  the  space  of 
five  years,  1755-1760,  contain  many  interesting  details  of  border 
warfare  and  adventure,  including  an  account  of  services  in  the 
campaign  around  Lake  George  and  Ticonderoga. 

267.  [ROGERS  (ROBERT).]  Reminiscences  of  the 
French  War;  containing  Rogers'  Expeditions  with  the  New- 
England  Rangers  under  his  Command,  as  published  in  Lon- 
don in  1765.  With  *  *  *  Life  and  Military  Services  of  Maj- 
Gen.  John  Stark.  Lithograph  portrait  hy  Pendleton,  of  Gen. 
Stark  at  the  age  of  82.    8vo,  original  boards,  cloth  back,  uncut. 

Concord,  N.  H. :  Published  by  Luther  Roby,  1831 
Scarce  in  original  binding. 

268.  ROBERTS  (WILLIAM).  An  Account  of  the  First 
Discovery,  and  Natural  History  of  Florida.  With  a  Particu- 
lar Detail  of  the  several  Expeditions  and  Descents  made  on 
that  Coast.  Collected  from  the  best  Authorities.  Large  fold- 
ing map,  5  plans  and  a  folding  view  of  Pensacola.  4to,  full 
crimson  straight-grain  morocco  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere. 

London :  Printed  for  T.  Jefferys,  1763 
Fine  copy  of  the  Original  Edition.     Very  scarce  in  com- 
plete STATE.     The  Church  copy. 

269.  ROMANS  (BERNARD).  A  Concise  Natural  History  of 
East  and  West  Florida ;  containing  An  Account  of  the  Natural 
Produce  of  all  the  Southern  Part  of  British  America,  in  the 
three  Kingdoms  of  Nature,  particularly  the  Animal  and  Veg- 
etable: Likewise,  The  artificial  Produce  now  raised,  or  pos- 
sible to  be  raised,  and  manufactured  there,  with  some  com- 
mercial and  political  Observations  in  that  part  of  the  world; 
and  a  chorographical  Account  of  the  same.  To  which  is  added, 
by  Way  of  Appendix,  Plain  and  easy  Directions  to  Navigators 
over  the  Bank  of  Bahama,  the  Coast  of  the  two  Floridas,  the 
North  of  Cuba,  and  the  dangerous  Gulph  Passage.  Noting 
also,  the  hitherto  unknown  watering  Places  in  that  Part  of 
America,  intended  principally  for  the  Use  of  such  Vessels  as 
may  be  so  unfortunate  as  to  be  distressed  by  Weather  in  that 
difficult  Part  of  the  World.  Vol.  1,  8vo,  contemporary  sheep, 
in  a  brown  morocco  case. 

New  York:  Printed  for  the  Author,  1775 
An  Excessively  Eare  Book  in  original  condition.  Volume 
one  is  all  that  was  ever  issued.  No  copy  has  ever  been  found 
with  either  of  the  whole  sheet  maps  or  the  full  twelve  plates 
referred  to  on  the  title-page.  The  illustrations  in  this  copy 
agree  with  those  of  the  Church   copy, — 8   engraved  plates,   3 

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full-page  maps,  and  one  folding  table.  Both  the  title-page  and 
the  leaf  of  "Advertisement"  at  the  end  make  it  plain  that  the 
■work  was  intended  to  be  completed  in  two  volumes,  and  with 
the  evident  design  of  distributing  the  plates  and  maps  in  both. 
The  second  volume  was  never  issued,  however,  and  the  * '  Vol.  I. ' ' 
on  the  title-page  was  omitted  in  the  Second  Issue,  which  ap- 
peared the  following  year. 

The  present  is  a  fine  specimen  in  original  condition,  with  the 
name  of  the  original  subscriber  "Mr.  Joshua  Wallace"  on  the 
fly-leaf. 

From  the  F.  R.  Halsey  collection. 

270.  ROSIER  (JAMES).  A  True  Relation  of  the  most 
prosperous  voyage  made  this  present  yeere  1605,  by  Captaine 
George  Waymouth ;  in  the  Discouery  of  the  land  of  Virginia : 
Where  he  discouered  60  miles  vp  a  most  excellent  Riuer;  to- 
gether with  a  most  fertile  land.  Small  4to,  full  crimson  levant 
morocco,  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere  (title  in  facsimile). 

Londini:  Impensis  Geor.  Bishop,  1605 
The  excessively  rare  First  Edition,  of  which  perhaps 

NOT    more    than    a    HALF    DOZEN    COPIES    ARE    KNOWN.      This    is, 

with  the  exception  of  Gosnold's  Voyage  (1602),  the  earliest 
voyage  by  Englishmen  to  the  lands  of  New  England.  Printed 
in  Black  Letter.  The  Halsey  copy.  A-E4  in  fours.  The  leaves 
have  ample  margins  throughout.  The  rarity  of  the  book  is 
patent  when  it  is  known  that  the  Barlow  copy  realized  $1,825 
over  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago. 

271.  SACRO  BOSCO  (GIOVANNI  DI).  Sphera  Volgare 
novamente  tradotta  con  molte  notande  additioni  di  Geometria, 
Cosmographia,  Arte  Navigatoria,  et  Stereometria,  Propor- 
tioni  et  Quantita  delli  Elementi,  Diftanze,  Grandeze,  et 
Novimenti  di  tutte  li  Corpi  celesti,  cose  certamente  rade  et 
maravigliose.  Auctore  M.  Mauro  Fiorentino  Phonasco  et 
Philopanareto.  Woodcut  frontispiece  with  the  arms  of 
Charles  V;  title  within  woodcut  border  and  a  full-page  wood- 
cut on  verso.  Numerous  other  large  and  small  woodcut  fig- 
ures, two  of  which  contain  a  glohe  with  the  words  ^'America/' 
also  diagrams,  etc.  4to,  full  brown  crushed  levant  morocco, 
gilt  and  blind-tooled,  gilt  inside  borders,  gilt  over  marbled 
edges,  by  Lortic.  [Colophon]   Venetiis:  B.  Zanetti,  1537 

This  is  an  Italian  translation,  by  Fiorentino  Mauro,  of  Sacro 
Bosco's  Tractatus  de  Sphaera,  first  printed  in  1472.  On  recto 
of  leaf  [Hii]  is  the  woodcut  of  a  small  globe  with  the  name 
"America,"  and  another  globe  on  verso  of  the  title-page  con- 
tains the  word  "Ametrica,"  evidently  intended  for  America. 
In  the  tables  of  longitude  and  latitude,  Ameriga  i  fola  in  meso 
appears  as  330  and  10  degrees,  respectively.  Harrisse,  in  his 
work  B.  A.  v.,  N-219,  says:  ''It  is  evident  that  a  work  originally 
written  in  the  early  part  of  the  13  century  cannot  contain  any- 
thing on  America;  but  De  Sphera  of  Sacro  Bosco  (i.  e.  John 
Holywood)  became  to  the  mathematicians  and  geographers  of 
the  century  following  the  rediscovery  by  Columbus,  an  in- 
exhaustable  source  of  commentaries,  some  of  which  certainly 
contain  references  to  the  oceanic  discoveries,  attributed,  espe- 
cially by  the  Italian  commentators,  to  Vespuccius. "  Very  fine 
copy.     Size  of  leaf  8x5%  inches.      The  E.  D.  Church  copy. 

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272.  SAGARD-THEODAT  (GABRIEL).  Le  Grand  Voy- 
age du  pay  des  Hurons,  situe  en  rAmeriqne  vers  la  Mer 
douce,  es  derniers  confins  de  la  Nouvelle  France,  dite  Canada. 
Avec  un  Dictionaire  de  la  langue  Huronne.  Engraved  fron- 
tispiece.   8vo,  contemporary  mottled  calf,  gilt  back,  red  edges. 

^  ^  Paris :  Denys  Moreau,  1632 

First  Edition.  Very  rare.  A  work  of  great  interest  and 
importance  on  the  North  American  Indians,  and  the  first  printed 
Huron  Vocabulary. 

273.  SAGARD-THEODAT  (GABRIEL).  Historic  du 
Canada  et  Voyages  que  les  Freres  Mineurs  Recollects  y  ont 
faicts  pour  la  conversion  des  Infidelles.  8vo,  full  dark  green 
crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt  tooled  on  back  and  inside  borders, 
broad  dentelle  panel  borders,  gilt  edges,  by  Pratt. 

Paris:  Claude  Sonnius,  1636 
Extremely  Rare,  especially  when  complete  with  the  three 
leaves  of  music,  the  native  words  of  a  Huron  song  and  a 
Souriquois  hymn.  According  to  the  Church  catalogue  only 
2  other  copies  are  known  with  the  three  leaves  of  music;  the 
Hoe  and  Lenox  copies. 

Book  I  contains   the  travels  and  missionary   labors  of   the 

h  ^-^  Eecollects  among  the  Indians  of  Canada  before  the  arrival  of 

Sagard.     The  narrative  of  his  * '  Grand  Voyage  to  the  Country 

of  the  Hurons,''  which  appeared  three  years  before,  contained 

in  Book  II,  is  extended  by  additional  particulars.     Book  III 

^        is  a  reproduction  of  the  "Grande  Voyage,"  with  new  matter. 

p,      ■       C^      Book  IV  contains  the  History  of  the  Recollect  Missions  to  the 

-i-^^U--^'  end  of  1629. 

«/»  Very  fine  copy,  measuring  6   9/16  x  4   3/16   inches.       The 

E.  D.  Church  copy. 

274.  [SANDERS  (DANIEL  C.).]  A  History  of  the  Indian 
Wars,  with  the  First  Settlers  of  the  United  States,  particu- 
larly in  New  England.  Written  in  Vermont.  18mo,  full 
crushed  dark  maroon  morocco,  gilt  inside  borders,  gilt  top. 

Montpelier,  1812 

A  work  of  the  Extremest  Rarity.  Published  anonymously, 
without  preface,  it  was  known  to  but  few  that  the  author  was 
the  Rev.  Daniel  Clarke  Sanders,  President  of  the  University  of 
Vermont.  Immediately  after  its  appearance  some  person  [evi- 
dently a  personal  enemy  of  the  author  and  said  to  have  been 
Prof.  John  Hoogh]  published  an  acrimonious  critique  upon  the 
book.  Such  was  the  effect  of  the  article  upon  either  Mr.  Sanders 
or  the  publishers,  that  the  work  was  suppressed.  So  nearly 
complete  was  its  absolute  extinction,  that  even  the  biographers^ 
of  the  author  had  forgotten  the  work,  making  no  mention  of  it 
in  their  memoirs  of  him.     Fine  copy. 


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275.  SARGENT   (WINTHROP).     The  Loyalist  Poetry  of 
the  Revolution.    Small  4to,  boards,  moroeco  back,  edges  uncut. 

Philadelphia,  1857 
)  (\  ^  Fine  copy.    Only  99  copies  were  printed  for  the  editor.    This. 

/  ^  is  the  Henry  D.  Gilpin-E.  D.  Church  copy,  with  bookplates. 

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276.  SAVAGE  (THOMAS).  An  Account  of  the  Late 
Action  of  the  New-Englanders,  Under  the  Command  of  Sir 
William  Phips,  Against  the  French  at  Canada.  Sent  in  a  Let- 
ter from  Major  Thomas  Savage  of  Boston  in  New-England, 
(who  was  present  at  the  Action)  to  his  Brother  Mr.  Perez 
Savage  in  London.  Small  4to,  full  crushed  claret  levant 
morocco,  gilt-tooled  back,  edges,  and  inside  borders,  gilt  top. 

London:  Printed  for  Thomas  Jones,  1691 

An  account  of  Sir  William  Phips'  disastrous  expedition 
against  Quebec  in  1690,  in  which  Savage  was  the  officer  in 
command  of  the  militia.  He  gives  a  facsimile  of  a  ten-shilling 
bill  of  the  Massachusetts  Colony,  by  which  the  soldiers  and 
sailors  were  paid. 

There  were  two  issues  of  this  pamphlet,  one  of  eight,  and  one 
of  four  leaves.  The  present  copy  has  eight  leaves  and  on  the 
title  has  -^ '  Together  with  the  Articles  of  War, ' '  &e.  In  fine 
condition,  with  wide  margins. 

The  Church  copy. 

277.  [SCOT  (GEORGE).]  The  Model  of  the  Government 
of  the  Province  of  East-New- Jersey  in  America;  And  En- 
couragements for  such  as  Designs  to  be  concerned  there.  Pub- 
lished for  Information  of  such  as  are  desirous  to  be  interested 
in  that  place.     Small  8vo,  original  sheep,  in  morocco  case. 

Edinburgh :  Printed  by  John  Reid,  And  Sold  by  Alexander 
Ogston,  1685 

First  Edition,  with  the  modified  leaf,  pp.  37-38  substituted. 
In  some  copies  a  passage  on  p.  37  recommended  religious  free- 
dom as  an  inducement  to  emigration.  Whitehead,  in  his  ' '  East 
Jersey  Under  the  Proprietary  Governments, ' '  says  of  this  work, 
it  "contains  information  relating  to  many  of  the  settlers  of 
East  Jersey  and  to  the  condition  of  the  province  at  an  early 
period,  nowhere  else  to  be  found,  and  which  has  been  ren- 
dered of  little  service  to  historians  generally  from  the  rareness 

OF    THE    ORIGINAL    EDITION,     ONLY     SIX     COPIES    ARE    KNOWN    TO 

EXIST. ' ' 

The  present,  the  Halsey  copy,  is  quite  perfect,  with  the 
genuine  preliminary  blank  leaf  "A"  and  collating  A  four 
leaves;  A  (repeated) -08  in  eights;  P-U4  in  fours. 

278.  [SEABURY  (SAMUEL)  and  WILKINS  (ISAAC).] 
The  Congress  Canvasses:  or.  An  Examination  into  the  Con- 
duct of  the  Delegates,  at  their  Grand  Convention,  held  in 
Philadelphia,  Sept.  4,  1774.  Addressed  to  the  Merchants  of 
New- York.  By  A.  W.  Farmer.  8vo,  boards,  morocco  back, 
rough  edges.  [New  York]  :  Printed  in  the  Year  1774 

^     .'  This  very  rare  little  pamphlet  is  a  reply  to  Alexander  Hamil- 

Vl"^    >^  ton's  ^'Full  Vindication  of  the  Measures  of  the  Congress,"  and 

was  printed  by  James  Eivington  in  New  York.  Professor 
Tyler  speaks  of  the  literary  merits  of  these  essays,  saying  that 
nothing  more  brilliant  nor  witty  was  called  forth  upon  either 
side  of  the  controversy. 

The  Church  copy,  with  bookplate,  in  fine  condition  with  good 
margins.     Measures  7%  by  4^  inches. 

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279.  [SEWALL  (JONATHAN).]  The  Americans  Roused, 
in  a  Cure  for  the  Spleen,  or,  Amusement  for  a  Winter's  Eve- 
ning. .  .  .  Taken  in  Short-Hand  by  Sir  Roger  de  Coverly. 
8vo,  half  red  pebbled  morocco. 

New  England,  Printed:  New  York,  Re-Printed,  by  James 
Rivington,  [1775] 

Very  Rare.  Published  by  the  forces  in  New  York  to  ridicule 
the  American  Congress.  It  was  originally  issued  in  Boston 
in  the  same  year. 

280.  SHEPARD  (THOMAS).  The  Clear  Sun-shine  of  the 
Gospel  breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New  England.  Or, 
An  Historicall  Narration  of  Gods  Wonderfull  Workings  upon 
sundry  of  the  Indians,  both  chief  Governors  and  Common- 
people,  in  bringing  them  to  a  willing  and  desired  submission 
to  the  Ordinances  of  the  Gospel;  and  framing  their  hearts  to 
an  earnest  inquirie  after  the  knowledge  of  God  the  Father, 
and  of  Jesus  Christ  the  Saviour  of  the  World.  Small  4to,  full 
crimson  levant  morocco,  with  fine  Le  Gascon  gilt  tooling  on 
panels,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere. 

London:  R.  Cotes  for  John  Bellamy,  1648 
First  Edition.  Beautiful  copy,  in  fresh  and  clean  condition, 
measuring  7  1/16  by  5^/^  inches.  Contains  an  account  of  the 
English  mission  among  the  Indians,  with  a  long  letter  from 
John  Eliot  concerning  his  missionary  journeys,  his  relations 
with  the  Indians,  &c.  Eliot's  proficiency  in  the  Indian  lan- 
guages is  declared  to  be  such  that  he  can  preach  regularly  to 
the  natives  in  their  own  tongue.  This  in^eresting  tract  was  in 
very  general  use  and  in  consequence  a  copy  in  such  fine  condi- 
tion as  the  present  is  most  unusual.  Has  both  the  preliminary 
and  the  final  blank  leaves  in  original. 

281.  SILK-WORM.  A  Compendious  Account  of  the  whole 
Art  of  Breeding,  Nursing,  and  the  right  Ordering  of  the 
Silk- Worm.  Illustrated  with  6  copper-plates,  one  of  which  is 
colored.    4to,  full  crimson  levant  morocco,  gilt  edges,  by  Pratt. 

London:  Printed  for  John  Worrall,  1733 
First  Edition.     Scarce.     J.  L.  Eebow's  copy,  with  his  book- 
plate, and  autograph  on  title.     Dedicated  by  T.  B.  to  Viscount 
Percival   and   Lord   Carpenter   as   Trustees   for   the   Colony   of 
Georgia. 

282.  SMITH  (CHARLOTTE).  Elegaic  Sonnets,  and  other 
Poems.  Engraved  plates  hy  Seymour  (one  legend  clipped  and 
plates  offset) .    16mo,  boards,  roan  back. 

Printed  at  Worcester  by  Isaiah  Thomas,  1795 
The  First  Worcester,  and  probably  the  First  American  Edi- 
tion of  her  Poems. 

283.  SMITH  (CAPTAIN  JOHN).  A  Map  of  Virginia. 
With  a  description  of  the  Countrey,  the  Commodities,  People, 
Government  and  Religion.  Whereunto  is  annexed  the  pro- 
ceedings of  those  Colonies,  since  their  first  departure  from 

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England,  with  the  discourses,  Orations,  and  relations  of  the 
Salvages,  and  the  accidents  that  befell  them  in  all  their  lour- 
nies  and  discoveries.  Taken  faithfully  as  they  were  written 
out  of  the  writings  of  Doctor  Eussell,  Tho.  Studley,  etc.  And 
the  Relations  of  divers  other  diligent  observers  there  present, 
and  now  many  of  them  in  England.  By  W.  S.  Small  4to, 
dark  red  levant  morocco,  richly  gilt,  gilt  edges,  pink  silk 
doublures,  by  W.  Pratt. 

At  Oxford:  Printed  by  Joseph  Barnes,  1612 

A  GOOD  COPY  OF  AN  EXTREMELY  RARE  BOOK,  WITH  THE  GENUINE 

MAP,  backed  with  linen,  and  in  its  third  state. 

The  work  consists  of  two  parts,  the  first  written  by  Smith 
and  appearing  later  in  his  General  History.  The  second  part 
was  written  by  W[illiam]  S[ymonds].  It  was  composed  as  a 
defence  of  Smith  against  the  Virginia  Company,  with  whom  he 
was  not  on  good  terms.  This  second  part  has  a  separate  title 
and  pagination.  The  Halsey  copy.  4  preliminary  leaves;  A-E4 
in  fours;  Second  part:  A-P  in  fours. 

284.  SMITH  (CAPTAIN  JOHN).  A  Description  of  New 
England:  or  the  Observations,  and  discoueries,  of  Captain 
John  Smith  (Admirall  of  that  Country)  in  the  North  of 
America,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1614:  with  the  successe  of 
sixe  Ships,  that  went  the  next  yeare  1615;  and  the  accidents 
befell  him  among  the  French  men  of  war  re,  etc.  Wiilfi  the 
rare  map  of  New  England  containing  the  portrait  of  Captain 
Smith  in  the  upper  left  corner  (inserted  from  Hulsius  of 
1617).  Small  4to,  full  crimson  morocco  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by 
J.  Mackenzie. 

At  London:  Printed  by  Humfrey  Lownes,  for  Robert 
Gierke,  1616. 

The   EXCESSIVELY   RARE    ORIGINAL    EDITION,    WITH    THE   EXTRA 

LEAF  "Because  the  BooTce  was  printed/'  etc.,  laid  in.     This 

LEAF  is  of  the  UTMOST  RARITY. 

This  is  the  first  book  which  bears  on  its  title-page  the 
NAME  New  England,  which  had  up  to  this  time  been  called 
North  Virginia. 

The  Halsey  copy.     Four  preliminary  leaves,  A-14  in  fours. 

285.  SMITH  (CAPTAIN  JOHN).  A  Sea  Grammar,  With 
the  Plaine  Exposition  of  Smiths  Accidence  for  young  Sea- 
men, enlarged.  Diuded  into  fif teene  Chapters :  what  they  are 
you  may  partly  conceiue  by  the  Contents.  Written  by  Cap- 
taine  lohn  Smith,  sometimes  Gouernour  of  Virginia,  and 
Admirall  of  New-England.  Woodcut  emblems  of  England^ 
France,  Scotland  and  Ireland  as  head  hand  on  title.  Small 
4to,  dark  green  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt  back  and  sides, 
inside  dentelle  borders,  gilt  edges,  by  The  Club  Bindery. 

London:  Printed  by  lohn  Haviland,  1627 
Extremely  Eare.     No  copy  of  this  work  has  appeared  for 

sale  at  auction  in  America  since  1898.     Fine,  clean  and  large 

copy,  measuring  6  13/16x5%  inches. 
From  the  F.  R.  Halsey  collection. 

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286.  SMITH  (CAPTAIN  JOHN).  Advertisements  for 
the  unexperienced  Planters  of  New-England,  or  anywhere. 
Or  The  Path-way  to  experience  to  erect  a  Plantation.  With 
the  yearely  proceedings  of  this  Country  in  Fishing  and  Plant- 
ing, since  the  yeare  1614.  to  the  yeare  1630.  and  their  present 
estate,  etc.  Small  4to,  full  crimson  levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt 
edges,  by  W.  Pratt.    London :  Printed  by  lohn  Haviland,  1631 

^^  First    Edition.      Excessively    rare,    especially    with    the 

I  genuine  map,  which  in   the  present   copy,  is  as   usual  in   the 

eighth  state.  This  was  Smith's  last  production,  published  in 
the  year  of  his  death,  and  the  best  of  all  his  works  from  a 
literary  point  of  view.  Two  of  the  chapters  are  devoted  to 
the  settlement  of  Charlestown  and  Salem.     The  Halsey  copy. 

NOAH  WEBSTER'S  COPY  OF  SMITH'S  HISTORY  OF 
NEW  YORK. 

287.  SMITH  (WILLIAM).  The  History  of  the  Province 
of  New  York,  from  the  First  Discovery  to  the  Year 
M.DCCXXXII.  To  which  is  annexed,  A  Description  of  the 
Country,  with  a  short  Account  of  the  Inhabitants,  their  Trade, 
Religious  and  Political  State,  and  the  Constitution  of  the 
Courts  of  Justice  in  that  Colony.  Folding  plate  of  ''The 
South  View  of  Oswego  on  Lake  O^itario,"  engraved  hy  J. 
Mynde.     4to,  full  crimson  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt,  let- 

^         tered  on  the   side,   inside   dentelle   borders,    gilt   edges,   by 
Riviere,  several  of  the  lower  edges  uncut. 

London :  Printed  for  Thomas  Wilcox,  1757 
Fine  copy  of  the  First  Edition.     With  Noah  Webster's 
autograph  signature  on  the  original  fly-leaf  and  numerous  inter- 
esting manuscript  notes  on  the  margins  of  the  text  throughout. 
Contains  the  original  fly-leaf  at  the  end. 

This  work  is  the  first  history  of  New  York.     In  it  the  writer 
anticipates  some  of  the  events  of  the  war   of  1754-60,  which 
took  place  while  he  was  at  work  on  it. 
From  the  F.  B.  Halsey  collection. 

288.  SMITH  (WILLIAM).  History  of  Canada;  From  its 
First  Discovery  to  the  Peace  of  1763;  [Vol.  II  continued  to 
1791].     2  vols.  8vo,  original  boards,  paper  labels,  uncut. 

Quebec :  Printed  for  the  Author  by  John  Neilson,  1815 
Original  Edition.  Only  300  copies  printed.  Volume  I  con- 
cludes with  ''Finis''  and  Volume  II  ''End  of  the  Second 
Volume."  As  the  work  was  not  issued  till  1826,  it  is  possible 
that  owing  to  certain  matters  contained  which  Justice  Smith 
considered  might  prove  objectionable  to  the  Canadians,  he  de- 
iL^^  cided  to  publish  only  the  first  volume;  but  later,  on  his  return 

^  to  England,  again  took  up  the  work  with  a  view  of  continuing 

it.  No  more  than  two  volumes  were  ever  published,  and  the 
work  now  is  extremely  scarce.  Sabin  declared  that  in  all  his 
experience  he  had  never  sold  but  one  set  of  the  original  edition. 
Fine  copy,  with  the  rare  leaf  of  Errata  and  with  the  heavy 
impression  of  the  figure  5  on  title  of  the  first  volume  as  de- 
scribed in  the  Church  catalogue  and  by  Cagnon. 

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289.  SOCIETY  OF  ICONOPHILES.  Washington's  Re- 
ception by  the  Ladies  of  Trenton  together  with  the  Chorus 
sung  as  he  passed  under  the  Triumphal  Arch  raised  on  the 
bridge  over  the  Assunpink,  April  21,  17S9.  Two  plates,  fac- 
simile letter  and  music.     4to,  boards,  uncut. 

New  York:  Society  of  Iconophiles,  1903 
One  of  10-1  copies  on  American  hand-made  paper. 

290.  SPANISH-AMERICAN  WAR.  Sketches  from  the 
Spanish- American  War.  By  Commander  J[acobsen  of  the 
German  protected  cruiser  Geier].  Translated  from  the  Ger- 
man.    Office  of  Naval  Intelligence.     8vo,  half  morocco. 

Washington,  1899 

291.  STILES  (EZRA).  A  History  of  Three  of  the  Judges 
of  King  Charles  I.  Major-General  Whalley,  Major-General 
Goffe,  and  Colonel  Dixwell:  Who,  at  the  Restoration,  fled  to 
America.  With  an  Account  of  Mr.  Theophilus  Whale,  of 
Narragansett.  Portrait  hy  Doolittle,  4  maps,  and  4  plates. 
Small  8vo,  original  sheep. 

Hartford :  Printed  by  Elisha  Babcock,  1794 

Contains  the  story  of  the  regicides  after  the  restoration  and 
of  the  shelter  given  them  in  New  Haven  and  other  New  Eng- 
land towns.     The  Church  copy. 

292.  STITH  (WILLIAM).  The  History  of  the  First  Dis- 
covery and  Settlement  of  Virginia ;  Being  an  Essay  towards  a 
General  History  of  this  Colony.  8vo,  half  olive  levant  mo- 
rocco, gilt  top,  by  Bradstreet. 

Williamsburg:  Printed  by  William  Parks,  1747 
Sound  copy  of  the  very  scarce  First  Edition  of  the 
First  American  Printed  History  of  Virginia,  with  the 
Appendix  having  a  separate  title  and  bearing  the  same  imprint 
as  the  first  title.  There  were  two  issues  at  Williamsburg,  1747, 
the  titles  reading  alike,  but  with  the  t€xt  printed  from  the 
same  type  readjusted.  The  priority  of  these  issues  has  never 
been  determined  by  bibliographers.  The  early  Charters  in  the 
Appendix  are  of  considerable  value  and  importance.  The 
Halsey  copy. 


293.  TAILFER  (PAT.,  and  others).  A  True  and  Historical 
Narrative  of  the  Colony  of  Georgia  in  America,  from  the  First 
Settlement  thereof  until  this  present  Period:  Containing  the 
most  authentick  Facts,  Matters  and  Transactions  therein;  to- 
gether with  His  Majesty's  Charter,  Representations  of  the 
^^  People,  Letters,  &c.  and  a  Dedication  to  his  Excellency  Gen- 
\^  sf  "^  eral  Oglethorpe.  By  Pat.  Tailfer,  Hugh  Anderson,  Da. 
Douglas,  and  others.  8vo,  half  blue  levant  morocco,  gilt  back, 
gilt  edges,  by  Riviere. 

Charles-Town,   South-Carolina:    [Lond. ?]    Printed  for  the 

Authors,  1741 

Fine  copy,  with  the  autograph  of  Alex.  Kidd  on  the  title. 
Collation:  Title  and  preface  xviii,  Text  1  to  118.  Signatures 
A-Q4  in  fours. 

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294.  TARLETON  (LT.-COL.  BANASTRE).  History  of 
the  Campaigns  of  1780  and  1781  in  the  Southern  Provinces 
of  North  America.  5  folding  maps.  4to,  boards,  roan  back, 
uncut  edges.  London,  1787 

The  most  important  history  of  the  Eevolution  from  the  time 
of  the  arrival  of  the  French  troops.  It  begins  with  D  'Estaing  's 
fruitless  attack  on  Savannah  in  the  autumn  of  1779,  and  pro- 
ceeds with  great  minuteness  of  detail  to  give  the  military  events 
of  the  Carolinas  and  Virginia  down  to  the  surrender  of  Corn- 
wallis  at  Yorktown,  October  19,  1781.  Includes  numerous  let- 
ters from  Commanders  of  both  sides,  Clinton,  Cornwallis,  La 
Fayette,  Greene,  Pickens,  Lee,  etc.  Eare.  Fine  copy  of  the 
best  edition.     The  Barlow-E.  D.  Church  copy,  with  bookplate. 

295.  THACHER  (PETER).  An  Oration  delivered  at 
Watertown,  March  5,  1776.  To  Commemorate  The  Bloody 
Massacre  at  Boston :  Perpetrated  March  5,  1770.  Title  ivithin 
heavy  hlack  rules.     4to,  sewn. 

Watertown:  Printed  and  Sold  by  Benjamin  Edes,  1776 

Printed  at  Watertown,  whence  Edes  had  escaped  after  the 
British  had  taken  possession  of  Boston.     This  is  the  rarest 

OF  ALL   THE  THIRTEEN   BOSTON  MASSACRE   ORATIONS.      The  pres- 
ent copy  has  the  half-title. 

296.  THE  VET  (F.  ANDRE).  Les  Singvlaritez  de  la 
France  Antarctiqve,  avtrement  nommee  Amerique:  &  de 
plnsieurs  Terres  &  Isles  decouuertes  de  nostre  temps.  Par  F. 
Andre  Thevet,  natif  d 'Angoulesme.  Illustrated  with  41  very 
curious  woodcuts.  Small  8vo,  original  vellum,  with  leather 
ties.  Anvers:  Christophle  Plantin,  1558 

Pine  copy  of  one  of  the  early  works  issued  by  the  Plantin 
Press,  which  had  only  recently  begun  printing  (1555).  Thevet 
went  out  with  Villegagnon  in  1555,  when  the  latter  attempted 
to  establish  a  French  colony  on  the  coast  of  Brazil.  He  was 
there  but  a  few  months,  but  gained  a  considerable  knowledge 
of  the  manners  and  customs  of  the  natives.  His  account  of 
the  natives,  their  country,  and  their  language,  is  very  ample 
and  the  woodcuts  which  illustrate  the  volume  are  of  remarkable 
merit.  They  furnished  De  Bry  with  some  of  his  most  striking 
pictures.  Very  curious  are  the  representation  of  American 
animals,  especially  the  bison  and  the  opossum.  The  section 
devoted  to  Canada  and  Newfoundland  contains  a  picturesque- 
description  of  tobacco  smoking.     The  E.  D.  Church  copy. 

297.  THOMAS  (GABRIEL).  An  Historical  and  Geo- 
graphical Account  of  the  Province  and  Country  of  Pensil- 
vania ;  and  of  West-New- Jersey  in  America.  The  Richness  of 
the  Soil,  the  Sweetness  of  the  Situation,  the  Wholesomness  of 
the  Air,  the  Navigable  Rivers,  and  others_,  the  prodigious  En- 
crease  of  Corn,  the  Flourishing  Condition  of  the  City  of  Phil- 
adelphia, &c.  Folding  map.  Small  8vo,  full  green  levant  mo- 
rocco, gilt-tooled,  gilt  edges.  London:  A.  Baldwin,  1698 

Extremely  Eare.     Very  fine,  large  copy,  measuring  6  7/16 

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by  4  inches,  with  the  map.  Contains  both  parts,  with  continu- 
ous signatures  and  separate  pagination. 

Thomas  had  lived  in  America  for  fifteen  years  and  his 
pamphlet  was  written  to  induce  the  immigration  of  those  who 
wished  to  improve  their  worldly  position.  He  says  the  poor 
can  subsist  in  West  Jersey  "without  either  begging  or  steal- 
ing.'' He  gives  specimens  of  the  Delaware  Indian  language 
and  important  facts  regarding  the  customs  of  the  natives,  their 
intercourse  with  the  settlers,  &c.  The  Brinley-Giurch  copy, 
with  bookplates. 

298.  THORIUS  (RAPHAEL).  Hymnus  Tabaci;  A  Poem 
In  honour  of  Tabaco.  Heroically  Composed.  Made  English 
by  Peter  Hausted.  Small  8vo,  full  brown  levant  morocco,  gilt, 
gilt  edges,  by  The  Club  Bindery. 

>I^  London :  Printed  by  T.  N.  for  Humphrey  Moseley,  1651 

First  English  translation.  At  the  end  is  '  *  Cheimonopegnion, 
or  a  Winter  Song"  by  Kaphael  Thorius:  Newly  translated. 
Lond.  1651.  A  rare  and  curious  work.  The  Beverly  Chew 
copy. 

299.  THREE  LETTERS  of  Thanks  to  the  Protestant 
Reconciler.  1.  From  the  Anabaptists  at  Munster;  2.  From 
the  Congregations  in  New  England;  3.  From  the  Quakers  in 
Pensilvania.     Small  4to,  half  roan. 

London:  Printed  for  Benj.  Took,  1683 
Very  Scarce.      This  is  apparently  the  only  copy  offered  at 
auction  in  the  last  quarter  century. 

300.  TREATIES  of  Amity  and  Commerce,  and  of  Alliance 
Eventual  and  Defensive,  between  His  Most  Christian  Majesty 
and  the  Thirteen  United  States  of  America.  4to,  full  blue 
levant  morocco,  uncut,  by  Riviere. 

Philadelphia:  Printed  by  John  Dunlap,  1778 

yjv^  The  extremely  rare  First  Edition  of  the  Treaty  with 

"^  France  signed  at  Paris  on  the  6th  of  February,  1778,  by  which 

the  Americans  solemnly  agreed,  in  consideration  of  armed  sup- 
port to  be  furnished  by  France,  never  to  entertain  proposals 
of  peace  from  Great  Britain  until  their  Independence  should 
be  acknowledged,  and  never  to  conclude  a  treaty  of  peace  with- 
out the  consent  of  France.     The  Halsey  copy. 

301.  TRUMBULL  (JOHN).  Poetical  Works,  containing 
-^  McFingal,  A  Modern  Epic  Poem;  with  Copious  Explanatory 
U^  Notes;  The  Progress  of  Dulness,  &c.  Fine  engraved  plates, 
*            engraved  titles,  portrait.    2  vols.  8vo,  half  calf  and  boards. 

Fine  copy.    First  Collected  Edition.  Hartford,   1820 

302.  UNDERHILL  (JOHN).  Newes  from  America;  or,  A 
New  and  Exp erim entail  Discoverie  of  New  England ;  contain- 

^   Ua  A  /^   ing,  A  True  Relation  of  thier  War-like  proceedings  these  two 
l^rv  0        yeares  last  past,  with  a  Figure  of  the  Indian  Fort,  or  Palizado. 


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Folding  plate.     Small  4to,  full  crimson  levant  morocco,  gilt 
and  blind-tooled,  gilt  on  rough  edges,  by  Riviere. 

London :  Printed  by  J.  D.  for  Peter  Cole,  1638 

The  Excessively  Bare  First  Edition,  with  the  almost  un- 
known original  folding  map.  It  Seems  that  only  one  copy  with 
the  map  has  ever  been  sold  at  auction. 

Captain  Underhill  was  commander  of  the  forces  of  Mass. 
during  the  first  serious  trouble  the  settlers  had  with  the  Indians, 
resulting  in  the  Pequot  War  of  1637,  when  the  natives  were 
overthrown.  Underhill  commanded  at  the  storming  of  the  fort 
and  in  this  pamphlet  relates  much  of  what  he  saw  there.  He 
prefaces  this  with  an  interesting  account  of  the  country  and 
of  the  origin  of  the  troubles  with  the  Indians. 

303.  UNITED  STATES  NAVY.  Documents  communi- 
cated to  Congress  by  the  President  of  the  United  States  at  the 
opening  of  the  Twenty-First  Congress ;  At  the  opening  of  the 
First  Session  of  the  Twenty-second  Congress ;  At  the  opening 
of  the  Second  Session  of  the  Twenty-second  Congress;  Mes- 
sage of  the  President  transmitting  a  Report  of  the  Secretary 
of  the  Navy  (expedition  to  Japan)  ;  Rear  Admiral  Golds- 
borough  and  the  Retiring  Laws  of  the  Navy.  6  pamphlets  and 
excerpts,  8vo,  sewn  and  wrappers. 

304.  VARNUM  (J.  M.).  The  Case,  Trevett  against 
Weeden:  On  Information  and  Complaint,  for  refusing  Paper 
Bills  in  Payment  of  Butcher's  Meat,  in  Market,  at  par  with 
Specie.  8vo,  half  roan,  original  gray  wrappers  bound  in, 
rough  edges.  Providence :  Printed  by  John  Carter,  1787 

Very  scarce.  This  case  created  tremendous  excitement 
throughout  Rhode  Island,  as,  should  the  complaint  have  been 
sustained  by  the  Court,  it  would  have  meant  the  practical  ruin 
of  thousands  of  merchants  and  farmers.  John  Carter  Brown's 
catalogue  says  of  it :  "  The  crisis  arose,  and  the  experiment 
was  on  trial,  whether  the  people  were  capable  of  self-govern- 
ment; and  upon  its  issue  depended  the  fate  of  a  nation." 

305.  [VAUGHAN  (SIR  WILLIAM).]  The  Golden  Fleece 
Diuided  into  three  Parts,  under  which  are  discouered  the 
Errours  of  Religion,  the  Vices  and  Decayes  of  the  Kingdome, 
and  lastly  the  wayes  to  get  wealth,  and  to  restore  Trading  so 
much  complayned  of.  Transported  from  Cambrioll  Colchos, 
out  of  the  Southernmost  Part  of  the  Hand,  commonly  called 
the  Newfoundland,  by  Orpheus  Junior,  for  the  Generall  and 
perpetuall  Good  of  Great  Britaine.  With  the  rare  engraved 
map  of  '^Newfoundland  described  hy  Captain  John  Mason." 
Small  4to,  full  crimson  levant  morocco,  by  Sanford. 

London :  Printed  for  Francis  Williams,  1626 

The  rare  Original  Edition,  with  the  map  in  splendid  con- 
dition. The  work  was  written  to  encourage  emigration  to 
Newfoundland,  where  the  author  owned  a  large  tract  of  land. 
The  Halsey  copy. 

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306.  [VESPUCCI  (AMERIGO).]  ,Paesi  Nouamente  Re- 
troati  et  Nouo  Mondo  da  Alberico  Vesputio  Florentino  Intitu- 
lato.  'Woodcxd  initials,  the  title  printed  in  red  on  woodcut 
scrolls  and  globe.  Small  4to,  full  straight-grain  morocco,  gilt 
edges  by  [Baumgarten]. 

[Colophon]  Vicentia,  cu  la  impensa  de  Mgro  Henrico  Vicen- 
tino:  &  diligente  cura  &  industria  de  Zamaria  suo  fiol  nel 
Mcccccvii 

First  issue  of  the  First  Editiox,  axd  excessively  rare. 
This  work  was  truly  the  first  collection  of  Voyages  ever 
COMPILED.  [The  Portuguese  book  dated  1502  and  containing 
the  travels  of  Marco  Polo,  Hieronymo  di  S.  Stephano  and 
Nicolo  Conti  together  is  hardly  entitled  to  such  a  distinction.] 
The  wording  and  ending  of  the  Colophon  places  it  unquestion- 
ably as  the  First  Issue,  the  Colophon  of  the  Second  Issue  end- 
ing with  the  word  "  priuilegio. ' ' 

The  compiler  of  the  work  was  Fracanzio  di  Montalboddo, 
and  the  contents  of  the  work  as  follows: 

Voyages  of  Cadamosto  and  Pedro  de  Cintra,  in  Portuguese 
service,  145-1,  1463,  theer  first  publication. 

Vasco   da  Gama's  Voyage  Bound  the  Cape,   1497-1500,  its 
first  publication. 
/  Cabral's  Voyage,  1500,  first  publication  of  the  narrative 

concerning  the  discovery  of  Brazil. 

Abridgment  of  Peter  Martyr's  yet  unpublished  first  Decade, 
containing  voyages  of  Columbus,  Alonso  Nino,  Pinzon,  1492- 
1500,  already  printed  in  Venice  in  1504. 

Vespucci's  Letter  to  Lorenzo  di  Pier  Fr.  de  Medici,  retrans- 
lated from  the  printed  Latin  of  1503. 

Letters  of  Venetian  ambassadors  and  merchants,  dated  1501- 
1502,  concerning  the  Portuguese  voyages  to  India,  and  Corte 
Real's  voyage  to  America,  first  publication. 

Account  of  India,  by  Joseph  of  Cranganor,  given  in  1502, 
first  publication. 

The  Beckford-Halsey  copy. 

307.  VIRGINIA.  A  True  and  Since  [re]  declaration  of  the 
purpose  and  [ends]  of  the  Plantation  begun  in  Virg[inia]  of 
the  degrees  which  it  hath  receiued;  and  mea[nes]  which  it 
hath  beene  advanced:  and  the  resoluti[on  and]  conclusion  of 
his  Maiesties  Councel  of  that  [Colo]ny,  for  the  constant  and 
patient  prosecution  [there]  of,  vntill  by  the  mercies  of  God  it 
sh[all]  retribute  a  fruitful  haruest  to  the  kingdome  of  heauen, 
and  this  Common- Wealth.  Sett  forth  by  the  authority  of  the 
[Go]uernors  and  Councellors  established  for  that  Plantation. 
Small  4to,  full  olive  levant  morocco,  by  Ri^dere. 

London:  Printed  for  I.  Stepneth,  [1610] 

This  volume  is  of  the  utmost  rarity,  but  three  copies 
other  than  the  present  one  being  known.     It  is  not  to  be 
^  confounded  with  the  work  published  the  same  year  with  the 

/  ^  ^  somewhat  similar  title  ' '  A  True  Declaration  of  the  Estate  of 

the  Colonie  in  Virginia,"  of  which  a  number  of  copies  are  re- 
corded. 

This  is  the  first  tract  bearing  the  endorsement,  "Sett 
forth  by  the  authority  of  the  Gouernors,"  etc.,  as  in  above 
title,  and  explains  the  unsatisfactory  condition  of  the  colony 

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by  reference   to  the  incompetency  of  the  previous  governors, 

and  furnishes  perhaps  the  best  historical  narrative  which  was 

issued  by  the  company  during  the  first  period  of  the  plantation. 

Brown,  in  his  '  *  Genesis  of  the  United  States ' '  believes  that 

THIS  WORK  CONTAINS  MORE  HISTORICAL  INFORMATION  REGARDING 
THE  FOUNDATION  OF  VIRGINIA  THAN  ANY  OTHER  PUBLICATION  OP 
THE    AtTTHORITIES,    OR   ANY    AUTHORIZED    BY    THEM.      The    HalSCy 

copy. 

308.  VIRGINIA.  A  Trve  Declaration  of  the  estate  of  the 
Colonie  in  Virginia,  With  a  confutation  of  such  scandalous 
reports  as  haue  tended  to  the  disgrace  of  so  worthy  an  enter- 
prise. Published  by  aduise  and  direction  of  the  Councell  of 
Virginia.  Woodcut  vignette  on  title.  Small  4to,  full  blue 
crushed  levant  morocco,  lettered  in  gilt  on  the  side,  gilt  edges, 
by  Riviere.  London:  Printed  for  William  Barret,  1610 

Excessively  Eare.  This  narrative  was  issued  at  a  time 
when  the  fortunes  of  the  little  colony  seemed  to  be  sinking  just 
as  Ealeigh's  first  settlement  had  done.  It  gives  us  the  first 
account  of  the  disastrous  expedition  of  Sir  George  Summers 
(or  Somers),  Sir  Thomas  Gates  and  Captain  Newport  in  1609, 
and  their  narrow  escape  by  falling  in  with  the  Bermudas  or 
Summer  Islands.  Many  v/ere  advocating  the  abandonment  of 
the  colony,  and  the  work  is  an  earnest  plea  for  its  continuance. 

Differs  from  the  Church  copy  in  that  the  signature  F  is  not 
repeated  and  G  omitted,  but  G2  is  marked  F2. 

From  the  F.  R.  Halsey  collection. 

309.  VIRGINIA.  A  Declaration  of  the  State  of  the  Col- 
onie and  Affaires  in  Virginia :  With  the  Names  of  the  Adven- 
turors,  and  Summes  aduentured  in  that  Action.  By  his 
Maiesties  Counseil  for  Virginia.  22  Junij.  1620.  Woodcut 
seed  on  title.  Small  4to,  full  olive  levant  morocco,  gilt  edges, 
by  Riviere.  London:  Printed  by  T.  S.,  1620 

The  First,  or  ' '  Colonie  '  *  Edition.  Extremely  rare.  The 
present  copy  contains  all  called  for  on  the  title,  and  is  without 
doubt  perfect,  with  the  genuine  blank  leaf  "A,"  and  the 
genuine  blank  leaf  between  the  first  and  second  lists  of 
''Adventurers."  There  were  other  parts,  presumably  issued 
separately,  which  in  some  copies  are  bound  up  with  the  above, 
and  are  easily  distinguishable  by  the  duplication  of  signature 
marks,  as  in  the  Church  copy.    The  Halsey  copy. 

Bancroh  Libracr 

310.  VIRGINIA.  A  Declaration  of  the  State  of  the  Colony 
and  Affairs  in  Virginia.  V/ith  the  Names  of  the  Adventurors, 
and  Summes  adventured  in  that  Action.  By  his  Majesties 
Counseil  for  Virginia.  22  Junii  1620.  Small  4to,  full  red 
crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt  tooled  and  lined,  gilt  edges,  by 
Bedford.  London :  Printed  by  Thomas  Snodham,  1620 

Second  Issue  of  the  Second  Edition,  with  continuous  pagi- 
nation to  97,  containing  for  the  first  time  the  proposals  and 
inducements  to  planters  "By  His  Majesties  Councell  for 
Virginia  *  *  *  Given  in  a  great  and  generall  Quarter-Court, 
held  the  fifteenth  of  November,  1620."  The  Lefferts  copy, 
with  book  label,  in  fine  condition. 

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311.  VIRGINIA.  A  Perfect  Description  of  Virginia:  be- 
ing a  full  and  true  Relation  of  the  present  State  of  the  Plan- 
tation, their  Health,  Peace  and  Plenty:  the  number  of  people, 
with  their  abundance  of  Cattell,  Fowl,  Fish,  &c.  .  .  .  Being 
sent  from  Virginia,  at  the  request  of  a  Gentleman  of  worthy- 
note,  who  desired  to  know  the  true  State  of  Virginia  as  it  now 
stands.  Also  a  Narration  of  the  Countrej^  within  a  few  dayes 
Journey  of  Virginia,  West  and  by  South,  where  people  come 
to  trade :  being  related  to  the  Governour,  Sir  William  Berck- 
ley,  who  is  to  go  himself e  to  discover  it  with  30  horse,  and  50 
0  fl  ^  foot,  and  other  things  needfull  for  his  enterprize.  Etc.  Wood- 
cut of  the  royal  coat  of  arms.  Small  4to,  blue  crushed  levant 
morocco,  ornamental  gilt  border  and  corner  pieces,  gilt  edges, 
by  Matthews.         London :  Prind  for  Richard  Wodenoth,  1649 

The  Original  Edition,  extremely  rare.     The  cut  of  the 
Eoyal  arms  is  on  the  verso  of  a  leaf  preceding  the  title. 
The  Brayton  Ives-Halsey  copy. 


312.  [WARD  (EDWARD).]  A  Trip  to  New  England. 
With  a  Character  of  the  Country  and  People,  both  English 
and  Indians.  Folio,  full  green  straight-grain  morocco,  by  the 
Club  Bindery.  London :  Printed  in  the  Year  1699 

Excessi\t:ly  rare,  not  in  the  Barlow,  Ives,  Rice,  Murphy, 
Menzies  or  Brinley  collections.  This  is  a  scurrilous  tract  on 
New  England  in  which  he  characterizes  the  inhabitants  as 
*'  Saints  without  Seligian,  Traders  mithout  Honesty,  Christians 
without  Charity,  Magistrates  toithout  Mercy,  Subjects  without 
A  -^  Loyalty,  Neighbors  without  Amity,  faithless  Friends  and  im- 

placable Enemies."     His  further  criticisms  of  men  and  women 
are  satirical  and  racy  to  an  extreme  degree. 


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313.  WASHINGTON  (GEORGE).  Epistles  Domestic, 
Confidential,  and  Official,  from  General  Washington.  Written 
about  the  Commencement  of  the  American  Contest,  when  he 
entered  on  the  Command  of  the  Army  of  the  United  States. 
Engraved  poi-trait  hy  Macret  inserted.  8vo,  full  sprinkled 
/  I ^      calf,  gilt  edges. 

New  York :  Printed  by  G.  Robinson  and  J.  Bull.  London : 
Re-printed  for  F.  and  C.  Rivington,  1796 

A  very  fine,  clean  copy.  Scarce.  All  the  letters  in  this 
volume  to  page  66  are  spurious,  not  having  been  written  by 
Washington. 


314.   [WATERHOUSE    (EDWARD).]     A  Declaration  of 
the  State  of  the  Colony  and  Affaires  in  Virginia.    With  a  Re- 
lation of  the  Barbarous  Massacre  in  the  time  of  peace,  and 
?  /  0  ^    League,  treacherously  executed  by  the  Natiue  Infidels  vpon 

100 


the  English,  the  22  of  March  last,  etc.     Small  4to,  full  wine- 
color  levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  Zaehnsdorf. 

Imprinted  at  London  by  G.  Eld,  for  Robert  Mylbourne,  1622 

Eare.  With  the  preliminary  blank  leaf  containing  two  seals 
on  verso,  and  the  folding  sheet  Broadside,  with  imprint 
London:  Felix  Kyngston,  1622  (repaired  and  remargined  at 
the  bottom).  The  author  was  Secretary  of  the  Virginia  Com- 
pany and  the  tract  was  written  to  correct  wrong  impressions 
and  to  encourage  settlers.  The  Broadside  is  a  list  of  require- 
ments published  by  the  Company  before  the  massacre,  in 
making  preparations  for  the  coming  year.  The  Halsey  copy. 
A-H3  in  fours; 


315.  WHEATLEY  (PHILLIS).  Poems  on  Various  Sub- 
jects. Religious  and  Moral.  By  Phillis  Wheatley,  Negro  Ser- 
vant to  Mr.  John  Wheatley,  of  Boston,  in  New  England.  Fine 
engraved  portrait.  12mo,  full  plum-colored  levant  morocco, 
gilt  edges,  by  the  Club  Bindery. 

London:  Printed  for  A.  Bell,  1773 

Very  fine  copy  of  the  Eare  First  Edition.    The  Appleton- 
Poor  copy. 


316.  Yv^HITAKER  (RICHARD).  Good  Newes  from  Vir- 
ginia. Sent  to  the  Covnsell  and  Company  of  Virginia,  resi- 
dent in  England.  .  .  .  Wherein  also  is  a  Narration  of  the 
present  State  of  that  Countrey,  and  our  Colonies  there.  Small 
4to,  full  crimson  levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  F.  Bed- 
ford. 

At  London:  Imprinted  by  Felix  Kyngston  for  William 
Welby,  1613 

Excessively  rare,  and  a  choice,  perfect  copy.  With  the 
contemporary  autograph  of  Eichard  Grosvenor  on  title. 

Whitaker  went  to  Virginia  in  1611,  and  became  preacher  to 
the  colony  at  Henrico,  so  called  after  Prince  Henry,  eldest  son 
of  James  I.  It  was  Whitaker  who  had  the  honor  of  celebrating 
the  first  legal  union  between  England  and  America,  by  solem- 
nizing the  marriage  of  the  famous  Princess  Pocahontas  with 
John  Rolfe.    The  Halsey  copy. 


317.  [WHITE  (JOHN).]  The  Planters  Plea;  or,  The 
Grounds  of  Plantations  Examined,  and  vsuall  Objections  an- 
swered. Together  with  a  manifestation  of  the  causes  mooving 
such  as  have  lately  vndertaken  a  Plantation  in  New-England : 
For  the  satisfaction  of  those  that  question  the  lawfulnesse  of 
the  Action.  Small  4to,  full  green  levant  morocco,  gilt  edges. 
London :  Printed  by  William  lones,  1630 

A  scarce  and  important  work  of  which  Young  says:  *'an 
original  contemporaneous  history  of  the  highest  value,  o^  it 
contains  facts  relating  to  the  earliest  attempts  at  settlement 
in  Massachitsetts  Bay  which  can  he  found  nowhere  else.*' 

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318.  WHITFIELD  (HENRY).  The  Light  appearing 
more  and  more  towards  the  perfect  Day.  Or,  A  farther  Dis- 
covery of  the  present  state  of  the  Indians  in  New-England. 
Concerning  the  Progress  of  the  Gospel  amongst  them.  Small 
4to,  full  crimson  levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  Zaehns- 
dorf.  London :  T.  R.  &  E.  M.  for  John  Bartlet,  1651 

The  Very  Eaue  First  Issue,  with  the  word  mis-spelt 
"ehuch'^  on  title,  and  only  three  Unes  in  paragraph  starting 
"Published  by  Henry  Whitfield."  Another  unusual  feature  is 
that  in  this  copy  the  words  ' '  Your  Lordships  Brother, ' '  &e.,  on 
page  18,  have  been  allowed  to  stand  as  printed.  It  has  been 
noted  that  in  the  Church  and  the  two  Lenox  copies  these  words 
have  been  cancelled.  Contains  also  the  very  rare  preliminary 
printed  leaf  and  the  final  blank. 

John  Eliot,  who  had  already  laid  out  his  Indian  town  at 
Natiek,  sent  an  account  of  it  to  the  present  author,  who  had 
returned  to  England  from  Guilford,  Conn.,  the  previous  year. 
Whitfield  prepared  it  for  publication  under  the  above  title.  It 
contains  five  letters  from  Eliot  and  one  from  Thomas  Mayhew, 
The  present  is  a  very  fine  copy,  measuring  7^4  hy  5%  inches. 

319.  WILKES'  EXPLORING  EXPEDITION.  Memorial 
of  Officers  of  the  Exploring  Expedition,  praying  the  investi- 

JD        gation  of  certain  statements  and  allegations  contained  in  the 

-y     narrative  of  that  expedition  affecting  their  characters.     8vo, 

sewn.  Washington,  1847 

320.  WILLIAMS  (EDWARD).  Virgo  Triumphans:  or, 
Virginia  richly  and  truly  valued;  more  especially  the  South 
part  thereof :  viz.  The  fertile  Carolana,  and  no  lesse  excellent 
Isle  of  Roanoak,  of  Latitude  from  31  to  37  Degr.  relating  the 
meanes  of  raising  infinite  profits  to  the  Adventurers  and 
Planters.  Humbly  presented  as  the  Auspice  of  a  beginning 
Yeare,  To  the  Parliament  of  England,  and  Councell  of  State. 

/  L6'         Vignette  on  title,  of  two  deer.    Small  -Ito,  fuU  crimson  levant 
morocco,  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere. 

London :  Printed  hy  Thomas  Harper,  for  John  Stephenson, 
1650 

The  very  rake  First  Edition,  with  the  title  in  13  lines,  and 
imprint  in  3,  names  of  Harper  and  Stephenson  in  italics.  The 
Halsey  copy,  containing  preliminary  blank  leaf,  Title,  "To  the 
Supreme  Authority  of  this  Nation"  [B-B4] ;  *'To  the  Con- 
servers  and  Enlargers  of  the  Liberties  of  this  Nation"  [c3] ; 
*'To  the  Header"  [c4] ;  ''Virginia  in  GeneraU"  [C-H4  in 
fours];  ''The  Table"  [I-I4]. 

321.  [WILLIAMS  (ROGER).]  The  Fourth  Paper,  Pre- 
sented by  Maior  Butler,  To  the  Honourable  Committee  of 
Parliament,  for  the  Propagating  the  Gospel  of  Christ  Jesus, 
etc.    By  R.  W.    Small  4to,  full  crimson  levant  morocco,  gilt, 

7^6^ gilt  edges,  by  W.  Pratt. 

■  London:  Printed  for  Giles  Calvert,  1652 

This   is    perhaps   the   rarest    of   all    Roger    Williams' 

WORKS,    J.    Hammond    Trumbull    recording   the    fact    that   he 

102 


searched  ten  years  before  finding  a  copy.  Written  while 
Williams  was  in  London,  in  behalf  of  the  Rhode  Island  Colony 
in  support  of  Major  Butler's  papers  advocating  "absolute 
toleration.''  The  Lefferts-Church  copy.  Title  and  following 
leaf;  A-C4  in  fours.    Fine  copy. 


322.  [WILLIAMS  (ROGER).]  The  Bloudy  Tenent,  of 
Persecution,  for  cause  of  Conscience,  discussed,  in  A  Confer- 
ence betweene  Trvth  and  Peace.  Who  In  all  tender  Affec- 
tion, present  to  the  High  Court  of  Parliament  (as  the  Result 
of  their  Discourse)  these  (amongst  other  Passages)  of  highest 
consideration.  Small  4to,  full  blue  levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt 
edges,  SOME  edges  uncut,  by  Tout.      Printed  in  the  Year  1644 

The  raee  First  Edition.  There  were  two  editions  of  this 
work  issued  during  the  same  year.  The  earlier,  of  which  this 
is  a  copy,  has  the  list  of  errata  at  the  end. 

The  Church  copy.  Pages  97-104  have  been  transposed  in 
binding. 


323.  WINSLOW  (EDWARD).  The  Glorious  Progress  of 
the  Gospel,  amongst  the  Indians  in  New  England.  Manifested 
By  three  Letters,  under  the  Hand  of  that  famous  Instrument 
of  the  Lord,  Mr.  John  Eliot,  And  another  from  Mr.  Thomas 
Mayhew  jun :  both  Preachers  of  the  Word,  as  well  to  the  Eng- 
lish as  Indians  in  New  England.    Small  4to,  full  calf. 

London :  Printed  for  Hannah  Allen,  1649 

Eliot's  Indian  Tract.  No.  4.  First  Edition.  Of  the  most 
extreme  rarity,  and  one  of  the  most  interesting  of  this  series 
of  tracts.  Written  at  the  time  Winslow  was  in  England  trying 
to  get  Parliament  to  pass  ''An  Act  for  the  Promoting  and 
Propagating  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  in  New  England. ' '  The 
Deane-Church  copy. 


324.  [WINSLOW  (EDWARD).]  Good  Nevves  from  New- 
England  :  or,  A  true  Relation  of  things  very  rem^arkable  at  the 
Plantation  of  Plimoth  in  New-England?  Written  by  E.  W. 
who  hath  borne  a  part  in  the  fore-named  troubles,  and  there 
lined  since  their  first  Arrivall.  Small  4to,  full  crimson  levant 
morocco,  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  F.  Bedford  (two  leaves  in  fac- 
simile). 

London:  Printed  by  I.  D.  for  William  Bladen  and  lohn 
Bellamie,  1624 

The  First  Edition.  Of  excessive  rarity.  The  present 
copy  has  bound  in  at  the  end  the  leaf,  [Sig.  (2)]  "A  brief e 
Belation  of  a  credible  intelligence  of  the  present  estate  of 
Virginia,"  which  was  first  issued  with  the  Second  Edition,  and 
which  may  have  been  supplied  to  purchasers  of  the  present 
issue.  The  tract  continues  the  record  of  Plymouth  Colony  from 
December  11,  1621,  where  Mourt  left  it,  down  to  September  10, 
1623,  when  Winslow  sailed  for  England.  The  Church  copy. 
A-K2  in  fours,  and  inserted  leaf. 

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325.  [WOLLEY  (CHARLES).]  A  two  Years  Journal  in 
New- York :  And  part  of  its  Territories  in  America.  By  C.  W. 
A.  M.  Small  8vo,  full  crimson  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt 
tooled  on  back,  panels,  and  inside  borders,  gilt  edges. 

London:  Printed  for  John  Wyat,  at  the  Rose  in  St.  Paul's 
Church- Yard,  &c.,  1701 

The  excessively  rare  First  Edition,  with  the  five-line  im- 
print of  John  Wyat.  The  author,  Charles  Wolley — or  Wooley — 
was  an  English  clergyman  who  accompanied  Sir  Edmund  Andros 
to  New  York  in  1678.  For  two  years  he  was  chaplain  at  Fort 
James  and  acquired  an  intimate  knowledge  of  the  Indians  and 
their  customs.  To  them  a  considerable  portion  of  his  book  is  de- 
voted. Speaking  of  land  in  New  York  he  tells  of  its  being  bought 
for  "  two-pence  or  three-pence  the  acre  [with]  a  good  Patent  or 
Deed  from  the  Governor."  It  is  interesting  that  although  he 
:  returned  to  England  in  1680  his  Journal  was  not  printed  until 

j  ^.^  over  twenty  years  later,  the  reason  he  gives  in  his  preface  being 

^''      ^'  that  he  expected  "that  some  landlooper  or  other  in  those  parts 

would  have  done  it  more  methodically, ' '  &c. 

Wolley 's  Journal  is  one  of  the  rarest  of  all  Americana  items. 
The  present  copy  has  the  half  title,  and  measures  5^/4  by  3  3/16 
inches.    The  E.  D.  Church  copy. 

(See  Illustration.) 

326.  WOOD  (WILLIAM).  New  Englands  Prospect.  A 
true,  lively,  and  experimentall  description  of  that  part  of 
America,  commonly  called  New  England:  discovering  the 
state  of  that  Countrie,  both  as  it  stands  to  our  new-come 
English  Planters;  and  to  the  old  Native  Inhabitants.  Lay- 
ing downe  that  which  may  both  enrich  the  knowledge  of  the 
mind-travelling  Reader,  or  benefit  the  future  Voyager.  Wood- 
cut folding  map.  Small  4to,  vellum  boards,  gilt  panelled 
sides,  gilt  edges.  London :  Tho.  Cotes,  for  lohn  Bellamie,  1634 

The  excessively  rahe  First  Edition  of  the  first  printed 
ACCOUNT  OF  Massachusetts  Colony.  With  the  rare  map  of 
' '  The  South  Part  of  New  England  as  it  is  Planted  in  this 
yeare,  1634. ' '    The  binder  has  transposed  the  leaves  A2  and  A3. 

The  work  details  for  the  first  time  the  natural  features  of 
the  country,  tells  of  the  habits  and  customs  of  the  Indians,  etc. 
V   ,^y^  An  Indian  vocabulary  of  five  pages  is  placed  at  the  end  and 

^  takes  precedence   of   the  linguistic   labors  of   Eoger  Williams, 

John  Eliot,  and  others.  It  is  possible  that  the  author  may  have 
had  the  co-operation  of  both  Williams  and  Eliot,  who  came  to 
New  England  in  1631.  The  map,  which  is  dated  in  each  edition 
to  correspond  with  its  imprint,  is  more  correct  and  fuller  in  its 
details  than  any  previous  one. 

The  majority  of  the  known  copies  of  this  work  are  in  public 
institutions. 

The  E.  D.  Church  copy. 


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327.  WOOD    (WILLIAM).     New  Englands  Prospect.     A 

true,  lively,  and  experimentall  description  of  that  part  of 

America,  commonly  called  New  England :  discovering  the  state 

^v^*^^    of  that  Countrie,  both  as  it  stands  to  our  new-come  English 

Planters;  and  to  the  old  Native  Inhabitants.    Laying  downe 


104 


A  two  Years 

JOURNAL 

I  N 

Nem-Vori : 

And  part  of  its 

TERRITORIES 

I    N 

AM  ERIC  J. 

By  C.  W.    A.  M. 

LONDON', 
Printed  for  "fohn   IVyit ,  at.the  F^of^i.    h\. 
SuPanPs  Church-Yardrand  Eben  lr({cy\ 
at  the  three  hibks  on   London-Bridpe. 
M  DCCI. 

See  Lot  325. 


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Vo 


that  which  may  both  enrich  the  knowledge  of  the  mind-travel- 
ling Reader,  or  benefit  the  future  Voyager.  Folding  woodcut 
map  ''The  South  part  of  New-E7igland,  as  it  is  Planted  this 
yeare,  1635."     Small  4to,  old  half  calf  and  boards. 

Printed  at  London  by  Tho.  Cotes  for  lohn  Bellamie,  1635 

The  Eare  Second  Edition  of  the  preceding  work.  By  no 
means  a  common  book,  and  seldom  found  in  this  fine,  unwashed 
condition. 

From  the  F.  E.  Halsey  collection. 

328.  WOODWARD  (SAMUEL).  The  Help  of  the  Lord, 
in  Signal  Deliverance  and  Special  Salvations  to  be  Acknowl- 
edged and  Remembered.  A  Sermon  preached  at  Lexington, 
April  19,  1779 ;  In  Comm.emoration  of  the  great  Distress  and 
wonderful  Deliverance  of  God's  People  on  the  Nineteenth  of 
April,  1775;  where  hostilities  begun,  and  when  the  bloody 
War  between  Great  Britain  and  her  Colonies  Commenced. 
8vo,  half  roan  (margins  trimmed,  affecting  text). 

Boston :  Printed  by  John  Gill  in  Court  Street,  1779 
This  is  the  fourth  sermon  of  the  series.    Extremely  rare. 

329.  ZARATE  (AUGUSTIN  DE).  Historia  del  Descu- 
brimiento  y  Conqvista  del  Perv,  con  las  cosas  natvrales  que 
senaladamente  alii  se  hallan,  y  los  sucessos  que  ha  avido. 
Woodcuts.  Small  8vo,  full  dark  green  levant  morocco,  gilt, 
gilt  edges,  by  Riviere  (the  last  leaf  is  in  facsimile). 

An  vers :  Martin  Nucio,  1555 
/■  Fine  copy  of  the  Excessively  Eare  First  Edition.     Zarate,  the 

Comptroller  of  Accounts  for  Castile,  was  sent  out  as  treasurer 
general,  with  the  first  viceroy,  Blasco  Nunez  de  Vela,  to  ex- 
amine into  the  financial  affairs  of  Peru,  where  he  remained 
many  years.  He  carefully  collected  notes  and  materials  iu  his 
journal  during  his  residence  at  Lima,  and  on  his  return  to 
Spain,  began  the  compilation  of  a  history  from  the  discovery 
of  Pizarro  to  the  departure  of  Gasca.  He  had  access  to  the 
best  official  sources  of  information,  and  therefore  his  work  is 
of  considerable  merit.    The  E.  D.  Church  copy. 

330.  ZARATE  (AUGUSTIN  DE).  The  Strange  and  De- 
lectable History  of  the  discouerie  and  Conquest  of  the 
Prouinces  of  Peru,  in  the  South  Sea.  And  of  the  notable 
things  which  there  are  found:  and  also  of  the  bloudie  ciuill 
vvarres  which  there  happened  for  gouernment.  Title  with- 
in woodcut  border.  Small  4to,  full  green  levant  morocco,  gilt, 
gilt  edges,  by  P.  Bedford. 

A  y  Imprinted  at  London  by  Richard  Ihones,  1581 

Very  scarce.  Printed  in  Black  Letter  with  side-notes  in 
Eoman.  A  second  title  (in  the  present  copy,  the  first)  has 
woodcut  of  ''The  Riche  Mines  of  Potossi"  with  imprint  bear- 
ing the  exact  date  of  publication,  ''Febru  6,  1581." 

This  is  the  eirst  English  translation  of  Zarate 's  ''His- 
toria del  Descubrimiento  y  Conquista  del  Peru,"  and  contains 
accounts  of  the  execution  of  Almagro,  and  of  the  assassination 
of  Pizarro.  The  two  larger  leaves  with  woodcuts  extending 
beyond  the  text  are  perfect  and  unmutilated. 


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